Baboon: A Minimal Data Modeling Language with Automatic Schema Evolution
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Summary
Baboon is a minimal data modeling language and compiler that provides declarative schemas and enforces reliable schema evolution. It allows developers to define data structures, then automatically generates implementations, handles versioning by creating new structure versions, and generates conversions between versions while requiring manual conversions where automatic derivation isn't possible. The compiler operates as a fast immutable multi-phase DAG transform designed for ease of understanding and maintenance.
Key quotes
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Baboon is a minimal Data Modeling Language and compiler that provides ergonomic, declarative schemas and enforces reliable schema evolution.
The compiler runs as a fast immutable multi-phase DAG transform, and is easy to understand and maintain.
Essentially, you define your data structures and Baboon generates implementations for you.
Then you define new versions, Baboon generates new versions of the structures, the conversions from old structure versions to new ones and forces you to provide conversions which cannot be derived automatically.
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