I want to write something resembling an editor for a graph database. I'm
wondering if Curry will be fast enough.
The data defining the graph would resemble the following:
type Address = Int
data Graph = Graph {
address :: Map String Address
content :: Map Address String -- `address` and `content` are inverses
children :: Map Label (Set Address)
parents :: Map Label (Set Address) }
I would define rules such as:
descendent :: Graph -> Index -> Index
descendent g i
-- If j is i's child, then j is i's descendent.
| Set.member j $ Map.lookup i $ children g
= j
descendent g i
-- If j is i's descendent and k is j's child, then k is i's descendent.
| descendent g i j
& (Set.member k $ Map.lookup k $ children g)
= k
I'll use hash maps unless their space requirements stop me.
I'm hoping the resulting code will quickly (say, in under a second) answer
queries over a few million nodes, along the lines of "the descendents of X
and Y, minus any descendents of Z or W". If an unbounded number of
generations proves computationally difficult, I would not be bothered by
needing to impose depth limits, ala "the first two generations of
descendents of X and Y, minus the first seven generations of descendents of
Z or W".
The graph would be sparse: with an average number of children well under
five, and few cycles.
Is this kind of performance a reasonable thing to expect from Curry? If so,
using which compiler? If not, can you recommend another language?
I know Haskell, and prefer it immensely to any other language. I am
reluctant to write a full application in a pure logic language like
Mercury, but I will if need be.
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