It is really sad indeed. But I suggest you take a look at the J language. It&#x27;s free for commercial use, unless you want to integrate the JDB, the equivalent of KDB+ column store. It also provides a rich feature set:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.jsoftware.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;JDB&#x2F;Announcement" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.jsoftware.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;JDB&#x2F;Announcement</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jsoftware.com&#x2F;jdhelp&#x2F;overview.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jsoftware.com&#x2F;jdhelp&#x2F;overview.html</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scottlocklin.wordpress.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;18&#x2F;a-look-at-the-j-language-the-fine-line-between-genius-and-insanity&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scottlocklin.wordpress.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;18&#x2F;a-look-at-the-...</a> comes very close to capturing the ingenuity of J language.<p>After going through the J primer, KDB+&#x2F;Q feels like a distillation of J - it basically took the most accessible ideas of J and packaged them for mainstream production use - some of their features such as these make it easy to setup a computing harness for electronic trading in no time:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.kx.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cookbook&#x2F;LoadingFromLargeFiles" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.kx.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cookbook&#x2F;LoadingFromLargeFiles</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.kx.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Startingkdbplus&#x2F;tick" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.kx.com&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Startingkdbplus&#x2F;tick</a><p>Also, the footprint of the kdb runtime and installation is unparalleled. I&#x27;ve run systems 24 x 7 x 365