[xorcist]

> similar in capability to SQL but around 1000x faster

If it's really similar in capabilities, why not strap an SQL parser on it and sell it? You can do it client-side to avoid wasting performance where it matters. Surely there's money to be made in the database business if you are an order of magnitude faster than everyone else -- let alone three.

[geocar]

You don't seem to be aware that Arthur did exactly that:

http://code.kx.com/wiki/Startingkdbplus/qlanguage http://www.kx.com/q/d/kdb+.htm http://www.kx.com/q/d/kdb+1.htm

It's a commercial product and I understand kx does pretty well.

[xorcist]

I was not. Thank you. What is the source of the performance figures?

[geocar]

http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/107499/2014/05/sort/ti...

The list is subscriber-only, and I apologise that the information isn't very easy to get at.