Re: persistent data feature

[Stefan Monnier]

>> If we provide a feature for storing persistent Lisp data, I contend
>> that the default option should be to store it in a purely textual file.
>>
>> Many users will not store large amounts of data, and a textual file
>> would be much less risk-prone than any other method.
>
> There will, of course, be large amounts of data, and that will be slow.
> (People already do this with a number things, and the results are
> predictably sluggish.)

To help me understand this discussion, I think it would help me to have
examples of such large databases currently implemented as text files,
along with an idea of what "large" means in this context (how many MBs)
and where the "slow"ness manifests itself.


        Stefan