Re: ndbm is a mess... What is dbm?
jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl (J.H.M.Dassen) wrote on 27.02.96 in <[🔎] 199602271849.SAA10432@ind302gb.wi.leidenuniv.nl>:
> > >>>>> "Neal" == Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comsat.com> writes:
> > Neal> I tried grabbing the current gdbm and db packages. We have
> > <...>
> >
> > What are gdbm and db? I've never heard of them. What are they for?
>
> They are both libraries for "databases" (implementing dictionary
> data structures (aka hashes)).
db also includes btree support (aka sorted databases).
MfG Kai
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