Chris Maniar wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Mike Breuer wrote: > > Lets add something to the discussion here... how about ASCII vs Binary vs > SQL playerfiles. Okay, seems like a good way to expand the discussion, after all, SQL is a viable alternative and there are at least some MUDs which are using it now. As long as we're expanding to other alternatives, though, why not look into other formats as well? One that comes to mind is Berkley DB (take your pick between 1, 2 or 3). I've honestly never used Berkley DB before for any of my programming, but I understand that it can offer some good speed advantages over ASCII and would probably end up being more flexible than binary (someone correct me on either of these points). It might turn out to be a viable compromise between the two. Anyone with a lot more knowledge about Berkley DB than me care to comment on it? Any other DB formats or alternatives that anyone wants to bring up? let's turn this into a good comprehensive discussion of _all_ the alternatives. Regards, Peter -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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