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So TL;DR - Slang is a weak Python-esque interpreted language that's old and horribly outdated, but holy cow would I like to know more about SecDB and the inner workings of what sounds like an incredible piece of software.

If SecDB sounds interesting, check out GemStone/S (http://gemtalksystems.com/).

It's Smalltalk (the language) within an object database. Applications are coded 'as normal', but the objects are persistent - no need for ORM! More detail here: http://isaiahperumalla.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/why-gemstone...

Sounds far more advanced than SecDB, but in this case, 'good enough' is what counts...

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