Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Comparing hashes and tables..?

Author:Dave Winer
Posted:1/19/1999; 10:51:15 AM
Topic:Frontier on MacOS X Server
Msg #:2252 (In response to 2251)
Prev/Next:2251 / 2253

>>The biggest difference that I see is that I can edit a table through a nice graphical interface.

Are hashes disk-based or RAM-based?

People have said that hashes can contain references to other hashes. Frontier tables can do that (address types) but can also contain tables.

When you serialize a Perl hash does it resolve all references or do you have to save them separately?

Inquiring minds..

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