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page	bandicoot - having fun with structured data

Bandicoot is an open source programming system with a new set-based programming language, persistency capabilities, and run-time environment. The language is similar to general purpose programming languages where you write functions/methods and access data through variables. Though, in Bandicoot, you always manipulate data in sets using a small set-based algebra (the relational algebra).

Simple read and write Calling a function Using a local variable

type Books {
    title string,
    pages int,
    price real,
}

var shelf Books;

fn List() Books {
    return shelf;
}

fn Append(b Books) void {
    shelf += b;
}

Here are the main features:

• functions are automatically exposed via HTTP using CSV for data, e.g. /List, /Append
• supports persistency via global variables (with transactions and ACID)
• can run on multiple computers to scale up the read throughput
• built in operators from the relational algebra with a simple syntax, e.g. "+" (union), "-" (minus)
• small binary ~100KB

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