Charles: Fwd: Re: NDBM & ODBM on Cygwin?

[Charles Wilson]

Nicholas Wourms wrote:

 
> P.S. - Before you say so, I am aware of the limitations of the FAT
> filesystem.  All I'm saying is that there is always a solution to a
> problem. 



But there's no guarantee that the solution is
   a) within your budget
   b) can be accomplished within a finite time period
   c) is worth the effort.
All of this takes time -- time that could be better used in other areas. 
  I'm not interested in getting that particular subset of gdbm working 
on FAT -- I've looked into it, and IMO the effort and time involved is 
huge; the opportunity cost (in the macroeconomic sense) is too great.

That's why cvs has the hacks that it does; it was more efficient to fix 
the FAT drive problem there, rather than in gdbm.

--Chuck



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