Using python for a CAD program

[Ben Finney]

baalbek <rcs at bgoark.no> writes:

> If you really want to revolutionize the CAD business, PLEASE don't
> base your CAD system on a file based system (ala Autocad).
> 
> CAD systems available today (Autocad, Archicad, Architectural
> Desktop, etc) have one huge flaw: they don't store data to a SQL
> database, but to binary files.

Using Python 2.5, one could store (and distribute to others) the data
in a binary file that *is* an SQL database:

    <URL:http://docs.python.org/dev/lib/module-sqlite3.html>

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Ben Finney