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Stoolap: High-performance embedded SQL database in pure Rust

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91 points murat3ok | 2 comments | 12 Dec 25 00:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Sytten ◴[12 Dec 25 04:46 UTC] No.46240959[source]▶
In the same area, I am tracking the Rust rewrite of sqlite by Turso [1]. The big advantage is the file format compatibility.

[1] https://github.com/tursodatabase/turso

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egorfine ◴[12 Dec 25 10:47 UTC] No.46242858[source]▶
It's not a rewrite of SQLite in Rust.

It's an entirely new project that happens to have some compatibility with one of the popular SQL databases, namely SQLite.

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forgotpwd16 ◴[12 Dec 25 11:14 UTC] No.46243010[source]▶
From the devs themselves[0]:

>Our goal is to build a reimplementation of SQLite from scratch, fully compatible at the language and file format level, with the same or higher reliability SQLite is known for, but with full memory safety and on a new, modern architecture.

And they call it rewrite in a recent followup post[1].

[0]: https://turso.tech/blog/introducing-limbo-a-complete-rewrite...

[1]: https://turso.tech/blog/we-will-rewrite-sqlite-and-we-are-go...

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egorfine ◴[12 Dec 25 12:04 UTC] No.46243350[source]▶
They may call it all they want. It's been common between some Rust developers to steal valor by highjacking the name of original project for their own fun rewrites.

Turso a third party project that has nothing to do with SQLite.

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1. forgotpwd16 ◴[12 Dec 25 12:53 UTC] No.46243667[source]▶
Ah, it was about the usage of rewrite by such third-party efforts. In this case, yes, the original reimplementation (could have also call it alternative) wording is probably better. Was confused at the "happens to have some compatibility" part because the project was started with that intent so it wasn't a coincidence.
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2. egorfine ◴[12 Dec 25 13:02 UTC] No.46243725[source]▶
It's not a reimplementation either. It's just a separate project which has nothing to do with SQLite. Thus mentioning it as "SQLite resomething" is not fair.

SQLite compatibility at file level is a nice perk which I am not totally convinced is truly needed at all. Like, it's hard to imagine scenarios where this is useful. But it can be.

Anyway, godspeed. Just don't steal valor.