From: Michal Suchanek Date: 2006-05-17T21:05:57+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby sdbm library reliable? On 5/16/06, Berger, Daniel wrote:> > -----Original Message-----> > From: Jamey Cribbs [mailto:cribbsj@oakwood.org]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:37 AM> > To: ruby-talk ML> > Subject: ruby sdbm library reliable?> >> >> > Does anyone have any recent experience with using Ruby's sdbm> > library?>> The dbm/gdbm/sdbm libraries are toys, imho. I wouldn't trust them to> store more than a few thousand records, let alone a million. I've seen> them fall down horribly on Windows. Just ask Hal Fulton. As far as I> can tell, the dbm/gdbm/sdbm wrappers were included because thats what> Perl does. They also consistently fail tests on Gentoo GNU/Linux for me (and a few others). Michal This message is my property! Do not read it, and immediately destroy it!!!