Bo Simonsen wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 BS> Hello Roy!

 BS> Oct 14 03:54 03, Roy J. Tellason wrote to Bo Simonsen:

 BS>> No I forgot it, it was really bad code.. I'm using Bonk too, for v7
 BS>> nodelist editing.. After I've learned about implementing of B-trees
 BS>> in programming I'll write a program simulear to bonk, just open
 BS>> sourced.

 RJT> Oh,  okay.  I'll be looking forward to hearing about some finished 
 RJT> product out there...

 RJT> From any of you guys!   :-)

 BS> Well right now I don't have the understanding which is required for
 BS> programming B-Trees which a V7 nodelist is using..

I can't quite remember the guy's name,  at this point,  but there was a guy
in C_ECHO way back when (Dave something...?) who did a bunch of work on
that stuff in the first place.  I *think* that this code was an outgrowth
of the Mix Database Toolchest code,  which does pretty similar stuff,  but
uses one index file for all indexes rather than the separate ones that the
nodelist setup uses.  While this package isn't to the best of my knowledge
freely available,  it _is_ very inexpensive (I think I paid $20 for it, and
maybe a bit more -- another $10? for the source) and the book that comes
with it is worthwhile for the price,  explaining that stuff in more detail
than you probably wanted to know...

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