>> Sure. Because if you use flat files instead, it's *completely 
>> possible* to allow multiple threads to alter the data without 
>> completely screwing it up.
> 
> BTW, you *are* aware that all modern desktop-level databases store their 
> data in flat files and use multiple threads?

Yes. But that's why you have a database - to manage the extreme 
complexity for you, so you don't have to do it by hand. You seem to be 
under the impression that this is somehow "not necessary".

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