"Curtis L. Olson" wrote: > > BERNDT, JON S. (JON) (JSC-EX) (LM) writes: > > What is MetaKit, anyhow? > > Metakit is a lightweight, simple, embedable database library. We use > it to store key/value pairs on disk (airport id vs. the airport info > for instance.) It can take several seconds (more on some slower disk > subsystems) to load all the airport in memory at startup, and it just > makes a lot more sense to leave it on disk and fetch the pieces we > need when we need them. >
Should also mention that it runs on the Mac and that it has python and tcl interfaces. BTW The version of MetaKit we distribute is fairly old now. 2.4.2 is the latest. Cheers, Bernie _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
