1MySQL is a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user and robust SQL
2(Structured Query Language) database server.
3The new features in MySQL 8.0. In addition to Data Dictionnary and CTEs are:
4    Move to utf8(mb4) as MySQL's default character set
5    Language specific case insensitive collation for 21 languages (utf8)
6    Invisible index
7    Descending indexes
8    Improve usability of UUID and IPV6 manipulations
9    SQL roles - SET PERSIST for global variable values
10    Performance Schema, instrumenting data locks
11    Performance Schema, instrumenting error messages
12    Improved cost model with histograms
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