$Id: README,v 1.3 2003/03/24 20:50:47 carlo Exp $
NoSQL RDBMS
NoSQL is a shell-level relational database management system for UNIX. Unlike most DBMS'es, NoSQL is not a single large program, rather it is a set of small programs that are run from the shell. This allows the user to utilize the full power of the UNIX shell in coordination with NoSQL.
It uses the Operator/Stream DBMS paradigm described in "Unix Review", March, 1991, page 24, entitled "A 4GL Language". There are a number of "operators" that each perform a unique function on the data. The "stream" is suplied by the UNIX Input/Output redirection mechanism. Therefore each operator processes some data and then passes it along to the next operator via the UNIX pipe function. This tends to be rather efficient as UNIX pipes are implemented in memory. NoSQL is compliant with the "Relational Model". Read the document "4gl.ps", included with the distribution, for further details.
See file INSTALL for installation instructions.
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