if you want to see similar tricks applied in Python (with a JIT compiler for query-time optimization), take a look at this fun deck that I presented a long time ago: https://tuulos.github.io/sf-python-meetup-sep-2013
we were able to handle trillion+ datapoints with relatively modest machines - definitely a useful approach if you are ready to do some bit twiddling
we were able to handle trillion+ datapoints with relatively modest machines - definitely a useful approach if you are ready to do some bit twiddling