In message <5cf60e433807795b7b2bbdaaba9dd423 / gmail.com>, PA <petite.abeille / gmail.com> writes > >On Mar 02, 2005, at 18:28, Hal Fulton wrote: > >>> What about good, old gdbm or such? It's as simple and trivial as it >>>gets. >> >> I'm not certain it meets requirements (5) and (6). > >5. Available cross-platform > >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gdbm.htm > Gdbm mallocs the data that is returned, but does not free it. Can this be made compatible with ruby? Regards Ian -- Ian - posting to a Newsgroup. Please remove everything to reply.