seeks and dbm

[Chris Torek]

In article <1584 at umcp-cs.UUCP> I wrote:
>... The dbm scheme (`extensible hashing') ....

So as not to mislead anyone:  geowhiz!netzer!prairie!dan tells me that
the method used in the dbm library is not quite the same as that which
is normally referred to as `extensible hashing'.  Make that `The dbm
scheme (a simplified form of extensible hashing) ...'.  I freely (and
somehwat gleefully :-) ) admit to a near total lack of knowledge about
databases---a large and messy field, I understand :-).
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