CSP: Features

Features

The Cold Project manages evolution and development of ColdC and Genesis, a ColdC driver. ColdC is an Object Oriented database server language originally engineered by Greg Hudson with influences from C, MOO and CoolMUD.

Disk based database
Because the database is disk based, only the currently active objects will be in memory. This means you driver will not bloat into large virtual memory pages.
Efficient interpreter
The interpreter for ColdC is engineered for speed by using abstract representations of data (hashes) rather than manipulating string after string directly.
Easily Extendable
Genesis allows for additions of Native Methods to objects through a simple module system. This means you can optimize your database as needed. Furthermore, it also allows for easy additions of new data types.
Multiple Inheritance
ColdC allows for multiple parents per object.
Powerful Networking
ColdC gives the ability to easily handle multiple incoming and outgoing connections. You are not restricted to a single connection port--instead you can have multiple ports for each service.
Language Encapsulation
ColdC has a high defined role for data encapsulation and modularity.
Server Role Abstraction
The server does not try to manage your database, it simply interprets ColdC. It does not handle permissions, command parsing nor anything else. It simply knows of a connection and sends the input and output to and from the connection respectively. Because of this the same driver has successfully been used to write MUDs and dynamic WWW servers.
Asynchronous Backups
Database backups are done asyncronously, while your system is still functioning as normal.
Dynamic Text
ColdCore defines ctext which is an internal abstraction of text. Using ctext ColdCore can quickly parse a document to HTML, Plain-Text or any other text format you desire.
Multi-Platform Support
Genesis compiles with ease on nearly all modern unix and Win32 systems.