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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:43:00 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	J?rn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] B+Tree library

Hi!

> Main disadvantage of btrees is that they are complicated, come in a
> gazillion subtly different variant that differ mainly in the balance
> between read efficiency and write efficiency.  Comparing btrees against
> anything is a bit like comparing apples and random fruits.

:-)))))





+ * Disks have fulfilled the prerequite for a long time.  More recently DRAM

prerequisite?

+#define MAX(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))

We already have that in the headers somewhere.


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