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From: ricks@shambhala.Berkeley.EDU (Rick L Spickelmier)
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Subject: Object-Oriented Databases and Memory Mapped Files
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Date: 13 Aug 90 16:53:16 GMT
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One quick method of implementing a persistent store for a language 
is to layout the persistent store just like main memory (including
pointers) and use memory mapped files or shared memory to
transparently map the data from disk to the appropriate location in
memory.  A few months back, someone in comp.object or comp.databases
mentioned a very early use of this technique (perhaps even in the
Persistent Algol work).  I lost the posting....  So is the original 
poster still around or does someone else have references to early
uses of this technique?

			Thanks,
				Rick

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	    Rick L. Spickelmier
	    Electronics Research Laborartory
	    University of California at Berkeley

	    ricks@berkeley.edu, ...!ucbvax!ricks