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Re: 100% Java Subversion client library

From: Robert Spier <rspier_at_pobox.com>
Date: 2004-06-28 08:07:19 CEST

> >Sleepycat released a pure-java implementation a few days ago, though
> >I'm not sure if it's actually file-format-compatible with the C one.
> >
> I'd be extremely surprised if it was. If it's not, then you can't
> really use it for Subversion.

It _is_ binary incompatible.

It's pure Java, which means they can't use the same C and memory map
tricks that make the Unix/Windows versions fast.

-R (was reading comp.sys.berkeleydb for a while)

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