On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Glenn Tarcea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had never looked at Rucksack before. The code is very well structured > indeed! > > 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 a lot of experience with the rucksack b-tree code. It is great code, but once you want to start using it you will want full control of the file. I don't think a separate project will be fruitful. Copy/Paste or Kill/Yank is probably better IMO. > > 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)? Previously Arthur Lemmens said he wanted to minimize dependencies. But you never know. > > 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, It will be a fast and good start. There are testcases to copy as well. /Henrik Hjelte _______________________________________________ elephant-devel site list elephant-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/elephant-devel
