xtdb VS babashka

You don't necessarily need to embed it into the programming language itself to get a ton of value. XTDB (https://github.com/xtdb/xtdb) offer a Clojure, Java and HTTP API for interacting with the database, which is bitemporal and lets you query the database for a specific point in time for example.

XTDB is a bitemporal and dynamic relational database for SQL and Datalog, written in Clojure. The Python application I work on uses XTDB for its bitemporal and schema-less nature. There were a few Python clients that looked unmaintained and lacked some features we needed, so I tried to build something that would have fit our own requirements in hindsight. This includes:

it's bitemporal, will be SQL-compatible, and also has another query-language - XTQL :

https://github.com/xtdb/xtdb/tree/2.x/dev/xtql

You can also consider other durable Datalog options like datahike or datalevin which can work either as lib (SQLite style) or in a client-server setup; if you want to play with bi-temporality XTDB is a rock solid option with very good support and documentation.

You could look into http://xtdb.com/ if you want an open source alternative

XTDB, or Cross-Time Database, is a distributed and transactional database system designed to handle complex and changing data with ease. It is based on a bitemporal model, which allows for the tracking of both the valid time and transaction time of data, enabling powerful and flexible querying capabilities. With XTDB, developers can work with immutable data structures, which simplifies development and improves reliability. Its graph query language, Datalog, provides a powerful and expressive way to navigate relationships within the data.

It also gives you access to Babashka if you want Clojure for other use-cases where start-up time is an issue

https://babashka.org/

I've tried researching this myself and can't find too much. There's this project metaes which is an mci for JS, and there's the SCI module of the Clojure babashka project, but that's about it. I also saw Triska's video on mci but it was pretty theoretical.

Created by the same guy who created babashka which is a way to write bash scripts, node scripts, and even apple scripts using Clojure. A very proficient and influential developer in the Clojure community. This is how borkduke's neil helps us:

Not what you asked for but there is Babashka for scripting in Clojure.

https://github.com/babashka/babashka

Clojure's lazy sequences by default are wonderful ergonomically, but it provides many ways to use strict evaluation if you want to. They aren't really a hassle either. I've been doing Clojure for the last few years and have a few grievances, but overall it's the most coherent, well thought out language I've used and I can't recommend it enough.

There is the issue of startup time with the JVM, but you can also do AOT compilation now so that really isn't a problem. Here are some other cool projects to look at if you're interested:

Malli: https://github.com/metosin/malli

Babashka: https://github.com/babashka/babashka

Clerk: https://github.com/nextjournal/clerk

Being a Clojure addict, I guess I have to leave the obligatory link to Babashka too then: https://github.com/babashka/babashka (Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting)

which is now on hiatus. babashka: https://babashka.org

I've enjoyed babashka for scripting; which is close enough to clojure to allow using some/many libraries; but (probably) not for embedding.