very large dictionaries

[Matteo Dell'Amico]

William Park wrote:
> Since you are talking about key/value record, you can choose from GDBM
> (gdbm), Berkeley DB (dbhash), or disk-based dictionary front-end
> (shelve).   You can now access GDBM database from Bash shell. :-)

If you just need fast lookup, maybe cdb 
(http://pilcrow.madison.wi.us/#pycdb) can be of use: two disk accesses 
per lookup.

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Ciao,
Matteo