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From: Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Serial, concurrent, parallel
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:16:23 +0000
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On 16/01/2025 12:03, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
> Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
>> ... Especially as so many people seem to use spreadsheets
>> in lieu of (real) databases.  :<
> 
> As far as I can see, a databse is just a spreadsheet that has been
> crippled by having all the cells on each line tied together

Real databases implement some form of content addressable storage.

-- 
Martin Brown