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[REBOL] Database Compactness?

From: robbo1mark::aol::com at: 21-May-2002 9:43

This is one for the guru's or Rt staff, Which of the following provides a more compact and secure representation for a database? an object! db1: context [ group1: [#1 "A Value"] ] or a block! db2: reduce [ 'group1 [#1 "A Value"] ] They both allow path retrieval ie.
>> db1/group1/#1
== "A Value"
>> db2/group1/#1
== "A Value"
>>
As well as insertions / removals
>> append db1/group1 [#2 "A Thing"]
== [#1 "A Value" #2 "A Thing"]
>> probe db1
make object! [ group1: [#1 "A Value" #2 "A Thing"] ]
>> append db2/group1 [#2 "A Thing"]
== [#1 "A Value" #2 "A Thing"]
>> probe db2
[group1 [#1 "A Value" #2 "A Thing"]] I welcome help / opinions on this matter for the REBOL-TRIPLES project to design and create REBOL/ASSOCIATES database which aims to produce a "Sentences" like product with associated model database. thanx, Mark Dickson