gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Remarks to gpsim of 05/12/2006
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Remarks to gpsim of 05/12/2006
From:
"Scott Dattalo" ####@####.####
Date:
20 May 2006 15:11:23 +0100
Message-Id: <60022.71.139.40.173.1148134277.squirrel@ruckus.brouhaha.com>
> May I suggest using one of the DBM formats supported natively (no CPAN
> downloads required) by Perl ? This makes for a *really* easy scripting
> interface and if possible piping script outputs into the simulator
> 'live', so one can generate data on-the-fly and must not store it. Perl
> DBM is one of the fastest ways to store and retrieve large amounts of
> data with minimum programming effort. The data need not be binary.
Hi Peter,
Can you suggest a particular DBM format? I would want one that is easy for
users to create data and easy for me to implement. However, I really don't
want to have a dependency on a third party library (unless it's really
ubiquitous).
Scott
