hi john, > > personally, i'm interested in a new type of format that would allow > > replacing single resources one at a time and still have a good > > performance. > > [...] > > does anybody have some technical experience in this topics?
> Decades ago some text editors stored multiple editions of a file, but > the later editions were just the additions and subtractions, the > deltas if you like, from the last version. You could always > back up to any of a number of versions. Univac 1108 had such an > editor. The *nix "diff" command can be run in a way that creates such > a delta. personally, i'm rather looking for existing "systems" take care of such tasks, and would love it, if i didn't have to find a new way by myself. this said, i don't think that in this case the diff in userland is a good idea. i don't care how the underlying systems manages the changes, but i'd really like a "tool" that allows me to just replace the resources i've changed and leave the other ones unchanged. as i wrote in my previous mail, i know about sqlite which is somehow close to what i'm looking for (can take care of saving and retrieving of resources) but i'm really not sure whether a relational model is needed. at some time i plan to have a look at the existing storage engines, but this thread gave me the idea to check if there are knowledgeable around here... ciao a.l.e
