> I had never looked at Rucksack before. The code is very well > structured indeed!
Yes, we're lucky. > A couple of thoughts: > > 1. Could the Rucksack B-Tree code be separated out, abstracted a > little and put in a separate project (eg, a cl-btree, or ldb for > example)? This would allow other lisp projects that are also looking > for a native B-Tree backend to make use of it. And all those projects > would benefit from the work done. I have stated my desire for this in the past. Would you like to work on it? > 2. It appears that Rucksack is still be developed. Could the author > (s) be contacted and see if they are interested in creating a > universal lisp backend that could be shared between Elephant and > Rucksack (more rows in the water so to speak)? Why not, give it a try. :) > 3. I think that if the Rucksack B-Tree can be used in some way its > the fastest way to get the project off the ground and get some > momentum behind it. Yes. I have feared that the dream of a Lisp btree backend will take a long time to become true, but with the already existing code we might get started really fast. Leslie _______________________________________________ elephant-devel site list elephant-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/elephant-devel
