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bbkanetoday at 1:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Isn't SQL already a logical abstraction language over a "physical layer"? I'm not updating indexes or deciding when to flush or fiddling with MVCC when I write SQL


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bazoom42today at 2:03 PM

The comment mentioned partioning schemes which is defined using SQL but belongs in the physical layer. Indexes are also defined in SQL.