Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:9028 comp.unix.wizards:11395 comp.lang.c:12969 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!snark!eric From: eric@snark.UUCP (Eric S. Raymond) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.unix.wizards,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Record-access libraries (Was: Re: VMS vs. UNIX file system) Summary: Associative retrieval is a different case Message-ID:Date: 27 Sep 88 15:04:38 GMT References: <68855@sun.uucp> <207@cvbnet2.uucp> <3717@encore.uucp> Organization: John Dillinger Died For You Society Lines: 16 In article <3717@encore.uucp>, bzs@xenna (Barry Shein) writes: > Eric, I disagree and think you dismiss the value of record access > libraries too glibly. There's more to it than fixed and blocked record > formats. > > Consider various associative schemes like ISAM or B-TREE management... I agree that libraries like UNIX dbm are a Good Thing -- but then ISAM, B-TREE management, and other associative retrieval schemes are not within the scope of the original question. Let's not muddy the waters by confusing 'record access' in the RMS "fixed and blocked record" sense with more general database access techniques. -- Eric S. Raymond (the mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews) UUCP: ...!{uunet,att,rutgers}!snark!eric = eric@snark.UUCP Post: 22 S. Warren Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 Phone: (215)-296-5718