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by cryptonector 668 days ago
> you must check type of any single operand, find correct operator implemenation, find correct index operator family/class and many more all through querying system catalog.

Not with static typing.

The problem with PG is that it's not fully statically typed internally. SQLite3 is worse still, naturally. But a statically typed SQL RDBMS should be possible.

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What “Statically typed” would mean for SQL DB with extensible type system?
It means you can define new types, not that you can store values of arbitrary types in columns you already have.