[MUD-Dev] World Persistence, flat files v/s DB v/s ??

[Vadim Tkachenko]

Nathan F Yospe wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Ben Greear wrote:

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> :I'm using Java, so probably going to use sockets, as that seems to be
> :the least common denominator across platforms.  The DB itself will just
> :be an object I instantiate in the server program...(and clients too I
> :guess.)
> 
> Java for the host? I'm using it for my clients now (got to see how well the
> Metrowerks java-to-native compilers for MacOS and Win32 work... they may be
> just what I need.)

Yes, and it works great on the server side. Forgive me for sliding
offtopic, but server-side Java works much better that client-side Java,
mostly (I think) because its improvement wasn't constrained by the
browser compatibility.

Getting back on-topic: has anyone tried to use CORBA and persistence
engines using it? Namely Voyager (http://www.objectspace.com)?

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