Does anyone have any info on this, is there one?  Do they need any help?

Tom

Robert Withers wrote:

> "Andrew P. Black" wrote:
> >
> > At 2:06 -0500 2000.1.21, Mark A. Schwenk wrote:
> > >My current concern is in developing an object persistence strategy
> > >for information systems in Squeak. I have developed the foundations
> > >of an object-relational mapping scheme with an interface to the
> > >MySQL database, but I'd like to investigate other areas before
> > >putting a lot more effort into that. The app has evolved from
> > >providing read-only access to information to now starting to provide
> > >the ability to modify information. For the moment, information is
> > >just stored in the image, with occasional exports to flat files of
> > >the modified information. I had deferred actually using the mapping
> > >framework while waiting for some updates from the original author of
> > >the code to provide support for using metadata rather than lots of
> > >class specific mapping code.
> > >
> > >Inspired by Ted Kaehler's LOOM, I have been pondering how the Object
> > >Memory portion of Squeak could be enhanced to provide persistence,
> > >at least for some classes of objects.
> > >
> > >I've also been pondering how the Berkeley Database libraries from
> > >www.sleepycat.com could be used with Squeak to provide persistence.
> >
> > Elliot Moss (at U.Mass Amhurst) has a language independent object
> > memory called Neame (or maybe Neme?).  Malcolm Atkinson's group in
> > Glasgow, Scotland, have been working on a new object memory,
> > targeting Persistent Java.  Either of these might provide an
> > interesting alternative to "Object-Relational".
>
> Then there is implementing a Linda System.  Someone mentioned that they
> were interested in this for Squeak, but I don't recall who it was.  I'd
> be glad to help implement one of those.  It's a really neat concept.
>
> -Rob
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