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 dbsql
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-A SQL database engine on top of Oracle Berkeley DB loosly based on (an older version of) SQLite.
+A SQL database engine on top of Berkeley DB loosly based on (an older version of) SQLite, rewritten by hand to be more in the style of Berkeley DB coding standards.
 
-This project hasn't been maintained, it was experimental and should not be used in production.
+This project hasn't been maintained, it was experimental and should not be used in production.  But it was a fun Winter project while living on my sailboat in Boston Harbor.