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by refset 886 days ago
> Datomic has a notion of rules which are mostly syntax sugar and do not support this sort of recursive reasoning.

> Why is that a big deal? When rules are run automatically, you can build live, reactive systems, not just a database that sits around waiting for you to query it.

There was at least one serious attempt to bring these worlds together: https://github.com/sixthnormal/clj-3df