Re: 3.0.10

On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 07:14:17PM -0400, Jim Winstead wrote: > On Jun 20, Manuel Lemos wrote: > > >abstraction layer. I'm just pointing out that some of the lessons > > >learned on these other tasks can be applied to that task. > > > > What kinds of lessons? > > I don't know. How to build an abstraction on top of differing > implementations of similar interfaces? How to reduce the amount > of clutter the abstraction introduces? To just implement it > and let people discover after the fact how cool it is, like > Sascha did with the dbm abstraction layer? Care to elaborate? DBA wasn't intended to replace dbm, it was thought to complement the dbm stuff. Do I need to remind you that it was _your_ suggestion to replace dbm with DBA? Yes, I gave some hints how DBA would need to be changed to be a 100% substitution for dbm. But no, I never said DBA wouldn't work without these changes. In fact, it works perfectly in its current state. -- Regards, Sascha Schumann Consultant