Databases - A New Frontier  Thursday, August 7, 2008   Some time
in 2006 I wrote an introduction on the front page of defmacro.
In it, I stated that (among other things) I am interested in
"non-relational database management systems (AllegroCache,
future iterations of ReiserFS), [etc.]" I never said anything
about the topic since. The database innovation landscape is
slightly different now than it was two years ago, but not by
much. The main contender, ReiserFS, dropped out of the race
because its creator decided to pursue other interests, but other
than that everything is the same.  Recently I was contacted by
the folks at Franz, who kindly offered to provide some support
for Weblocks. Thanks to their support, I finally had a chance to
play with AllegroCache. I was looking forward to playing with it
for years, but never got the chance until now. After years of
anticipation, I was pleasantly surprised - AllegroCache does not
disappoint. This is very unusual, since long anticipation
usually causes people to ha