BBSysco development log  Business Basic Systems Corporation

We spent some time today working out the implementation of the -= and += logic.  These (and ultimately the *=, /=, ++ and –) all pose some issues for the syntax parser.  Currently when a symbol is detected (non-alphanumeric) the logic looks at the first character and from that determines what the internal code should be.  We need to change the logic slightly to handle these multi-character codes.  To do this we will basically steal the logic around the : ( which is used for input validation.

We also spent some time looking into MySql and in particular Berkley DB.  While this is now be owned by Oracle, the Berkley DB interface looks like it could be easily adapted to handle a Business Basic style file system.  The records are dynamic is size and key segments values are defined by the caller.  This might be a way to bring Database technology to MicroShare while avoiding the need to generate SQL which itself causes quite a bit of overhead.  Still are anticipating a MySql interface — but a direct Berkley DB may be a interesting offering.