Re: [open-cobol-list] Re: [Cobolforgcc-devel] COBOL utilities project(was: open-cobol-0.9.6)

[David A. Cobb]

Tim Josling wrote:

> "David A. Cobb" wrote:
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> > Isn't DB (Berkeley, IIRC) rather overkill? ...
> > David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
> >    
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> Possibly. I knew I shouldn't have expressed a view. In general I would be
> happy to use it as long as the surplus function does not get in the way. 
>
> I work as a software architect. We have this problem all the time. A package
> has at the same time more and less function that we need. 
>
> If we can
> - add the missing bits without too much angst AND
> - ignore the surplus (often this is not easy)
> then we will use it.
>
> The question is, can you do better by starting from scratch? Others would have
> the basis for a more informed view than I would.
What'chu mean, "can *you*"?

Anyway, I will look at the problem.  Because things like Berkeley (and 
other) DB's are OpenSource, I imagine we can extract a relevant part of 
the code as a starting point, at least.  No reason these days for any of 
us to "start from scratch."

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David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
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