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Using the relational model for app data in memory is really interesting.
Martin Fowler wrote about doing that as a way to get around the "object-relational mismatch" issue[1]. Richard Fabian describes "data-oriented design" as having a lot of overlap with the relational model[2]. ECSes becoming very popular in game engines are basically in-memory relational databases where "components" are "tables"[3].
[1]: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/OrmHate.html
This idea was raised years before Martin Fowler blogged about it: https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love/blob/main/d...
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