[ANN] Tarantalk - Smalltalk + Lua + Tuple DB

> Hi all,
>
> I've developed a new database connectivity library for Pharo, called Tarantalk.
> https://github.com/mumez/Tarantalk
>
> Tarantalk is a connector for Tarantool.
> https://tarantool.org/
>
> Tarantool is a Lua engine with tuple persistence. It is like a GemStone in Lua.
>
> Firstly, Tarantalk can be used as a tuple-centric DBMS. You can store
> arbitrary Smalltalk objects as tuples, and retrieve them by multiple
> indexes.
>
> tarantalk := TrTarantalk connect: 'taran:talk@localhost:3301'.
> space := tarantalk ensureSpaceNamed: 'bookmarks'.
> primaryIndex := space ensurePrimaryIndexSetting: [ :options | options
> tree; partsTypes: #(#string)].
> space insert: #('Tarantool' 'https://tarantool.org' 'Tarantool main site').
> space insert: #('Pharo' 'http://pharo.org' 'Pharo main site').
> primaryIndex selectHaving: #('Pharo').
>   " => #(#('Pharo' 'http://pharo.org' 'Pharo main site'))"
>
> What is more interesting is that Tarantalk can call remote Lua
> functions and can evaluate Lua expressions.
> So you can extend your database system freely with Lua and Smalltalk!
>
> -- Lua
> function bookmarkUrls()
>     local urls = {}
>     for k,v in box.space.bookmarks:pairs() do
>         table.insert(urls, v[2])
>     end
>     return urls
> end
> box.schema.func.create('bookmarkUrls')
>
> "Smalltalk"
> tarantalk call: 'bookmarkUrls'.
>   " => #(#('http://pharo.org' 'https://tarantool.org'))"
>
> (tarantalk evalWithReturn: '(require("digest").sha512_hex(...))'
> arguments: {'Hello, Smalltalk'}) value.
>   " => #('ec599e128831b282f6f7a833834c90a3eb2e61453e5757ca3c2bc8a26e94d7c2f76bd6a7ce33df2427f3821e44a12d26781d39eac6782b59a649950ea59f9e13')"
>
> Moreover, Tarantalk is pretty fast compared to some other NoSQL databases.
> https://github.com/mumez/Tarantalk#performance
>
> A simple micro benchmark shows that Tarantalk is about 5x faster than
> RediStick Redis client.
>
> Enjoy!
> --
> [:masashi | ^umezawa]
>