"Export dbm" program

Dale S. Johnson (dsj at merit.edu) on December 13:
> Yes, this is the best approach for members of the IRR.  But if you are
> just Joe User and want to do some data analysis, though, it would be
> much nicer to just ftp the thing and get the up-to-date copy, rather
> than be required to install the portion of the 181 database engine that
> knows how to apply the deltas, and to go through that whole initial-plus-
> deltas procedure.

Joe User does not need up-to-date data as by the time he publishes his
results that data is already out-of-date:-)

I am not against what you suggested. I just do not see much use for it.

Cengiz

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Cengiz Alaettinoglu       Information Sciences Institute
cengiz at isi.edu            University of Southern California




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