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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: DJGPP port of GNU gdbm 1.8.3 uploaded
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"A. Sinan Unur" wrote:
> 
> CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in news:3DBDB4AC.A8CF0F24
> @yahoo.com:
> 
> > Juan Manuel Guerrero wrote:
> >>
> >> This is a DJGPP port of GNU gdbm 1.8.3.
> >
> > Just a general comment - such announcements are much more useful
> > if some indication is given about what the package does.  If this
> > enhances gdb tell us in what manner, etc.
> 
> actually, gdb is the debugger and "GNU dbm is a set of database routines
> that use extensible hashing. It works similar to the standard UNIX dbm
> routines".

Ah, then about all the announcement needed is something like
"gdbm, the GNU data base manager" tucked in there.

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