[#3006] CVS repository — "Eugene Scripnik" <hoaz@...>

Hello.

21 messages 2004/06/16
[#3008] Re: CVS repository — ts <decoux@...> 2004/06/16

>>>>> "E" == Eugene Scripnik <hoaz@gala.net> writes:

[#3009] Re: CVS repository — Michal Rokos <michal@...> 2004/06/16

Hi!

[#3057] Ruby 1.8.2 to be released. — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

Hi,

20 messages 2004/06/23

Re: dbm/gdbm/sdbm etc

From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2004-06-07 23:17:03 UTC
List: ruby-core #2971
On Jun 7, 2004, at 18:06, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In message "dbm/gdbm/sdbm etc"
>     on 04/06/07, Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> writes:
>
> |Does ext/dbm supersede gdbm and sdbm?
>
> No.  ext/dbm provides basic dbm API, using dbm-like library
> (e.g. ndbm, gdbm) available on the platform.  sdbm comes with a
> portable (but inefficient) version of dbm library.  gdbm is a wrapper
> for gdbm library.

To help readers make a choice: why should they select (say) gdbm over 
dbm using gdbm?

Thanks


Dave


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