[GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question

[Steve Petrie, P.Eng.]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "xerofoify via talk" <talk at gtalug.org>
To: "Tim Tisdall via talk" <talk at gtalug.org>
Cc: "xerofoify" <xerofoify at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question


> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:53 PM William Park via talk 
> <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 07:49:15PM -0500, Kevin Cozens via talk 
>> wrote:
>> > On 2019-01-14 12:35 a.m., William Park via talk wrote:
>> > > It so happens that I'm looking for interpretor suitable for 
>> > > embedded
>> > > applications. I read up on "Lua".  Maybe there are other options?
>> >

<snip>

>>
>> Main feature I need is ability to save "state" of some data 
>> structure,
>> say variables, array, or dictionary, without having to parse/reparse
>> when writing/reading from filesystem.  Python can do that.  I can do
>> that in C too.  My last choice would be SQLite, though, it has its
>> advantages.
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>> William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
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> This is my reply to both Tim first.
>
> Tim: My Recommendations would be to see if you can find an embedded
> version of SQLite or another
> library that meets your requirement.

<snip>

BerkelyDB might be another option for storing an enbedded application's 
non-volatile data.

BerkelyDB is now owned by Oracle, but I believe there is an open-source 
version available) BerkelyDB could be more performant than SQLite and 
also could have a smaller footprint. In complexity, BerkelyDB would fit 
between SQLite and parsing the embedded app's non-volatile date out of a 
file(s) in the barebones filesystem.

I myself an considering migrating a PostgreSQL database (used by a 
PHP-based website app) to (an open source version of) BerkelyDB, because 
of the BerkelyDB claim that it requires "zero administration". If true, 
this "zero administration" feature sounds to me like a great fit for an 
embedded app..

Steve