RE: suggested persistence approach for new app

We haven’t done much at all with WSL at GemTalk Systems. Here is our current consensus on it:

“WSL 1 translated Linux API calls to Windows API calls and had some problems. WSL 2 runs a Linux kernel in a VM so should be as complete as any VM running a Linux distribution. My recollection is that I've run GemStone successfully but I don't have it up right now so can't confirm it...”




 

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Charles Monteiro
Sent: April 7, 2023 07:46
To: giorgio ferraris <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [vwnc] suggested persistence approach for new app

 

nothing really wrong with Mongo, but if you are going to model OO Gemstone is better

I have to double check if one can run Gemstone under WSL now , there were issues before

 

On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 6:22 AM giorgio ferraris <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Hi, Charles, 

 

I use an approach close to the Glorp one. The only difference is that I use my own ORM I started developing before glorp existence, on the old Smalltalk/V ,and moved it to VisualSmalltalk, VW and also c# ... being homegrown, it follows perfectly my needs. 

 What's wrong with Mongo? 

Happy Easter

ciao

 

giorgio

 

BTW: porting to c#, a long time ago, made it really clear the number of constraints that a statically typed language imposes on your code, and the beauty of Smalltalk. But customers wanted c#....

 

 

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 9:17 PM Charles Monteiro <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Assuming that Gemstone is already a candidate, although that case I would be doing it thru a web interface which needed further development for my purposes, what would people here do for persistence ? 

 

Plain old EXDI to an RDMS ? 

 

Glorp ?

 

or the MongoDriver which I see has at least been updated to 4.4.8 ?

 

from I"m using it from VW perspective what would be better i.e. for a brand new app ? 

 

Any other suggestions? 

 

thanks

 

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