From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2004-06-08T08:17:03+09:00
Subject: Re: dbm/gdbm/sdbm etc


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