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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
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Subject: Re: ISAM files as Ada reuse components
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Date: 15 May 91 20:54:55 GMT
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In article <23743@lanl.gov> donn@lanl.gov (Donn R Hines) writes:
>We have an application that could make good use of
>generic ISAM files.  Does anyone know whether there
>are any reuse components available that implement
>ISAM files.  This must me a platform-independent
>implenentation.
>
>Shrink-wrapped, off-the-shelf, shareware, or
>freeware, I would be interested.
>
There's a text book called "File Structures with Ada", by Miller and
Petersen (Benjamin Cummings, 1990). The authors distribute a disk of
software for $35.00 that goes with the book; this includes - apparently -
ISAM, B-tree, and other routines. I don't have the software (yet) so I
can't comment on the quality, but it's a starting point. The book
suggests you call or write
  Nancy E. Miller
  Computer Science Dept.
  P.O. Drawer CS
  Mississippi State Univ.
  Mississippi State, MS 39762
  601-325-2756
  NEMILLER@MSSTATE.BITNET

The software on the disk - say the authors - has been tested under Meridian.
Also, there's a lot of code in the appendix. Has anyone out there used it?

Mike Feldman