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		krosaen on July 24, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Datomic Free Edition For those curious on what the heck datomic is, I found this podcast helpful: http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2012/04/26/thinkrelevance-the... The key to me is that you can run multiple queries against the same point in time, thereby having a sound basis for the data you are working with. Compare this to working with traditional RDBMS having to get it all done in a single query to have a coherent view of the world, or roll the dice by running multiple queries knowing that they all might not be running against the same view of the world.

bickfordb on July 26, 2012 [–]

How is this different than isolation / repeatable reads in SQL transactions?

richhickey on July 26, 2012 | [–]

a) It can occur over time and place - i.e. I can communicate a basis point (tiny, a long) to you, and 3 days later you can look at exactly what I saw

b)It doesn't require any coordination, read locks, MVCC etc

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