More work on code samples, Python implementation of the API using Berkeley DB.

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branch : mjc
rename : examples/c/ex_hello.c => examples/c/ex_cursor.c
rename : examples/c/ex_hello.c => examples/c/ex_extending.c
rename : examples/c/ex_hello.c => examples/c/ex_pack.c
rename : examples/c/ex_hello.c => examples/c/ex_process.c
rename : examples/c/ex_hello.c => examples/c/ex_transaction.c

lang/python/src/server.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# WiredTiger Python RPC server for testing and tutorials.
+# Copyright (c) 2011 WiredTiger, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+
+import sys
+
+from wiredtiger.service import WiredTiger
+from wiredtiger.service.ttypes import *
+
+from wiredtiger.impl import *
+
+from thrift.transport import TSocket
+from thrift.transport import TTransport
+from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol
+from thrift.server import TServer
+
+class WiredTigerHandler:
+
+handler = WiredTigerHandler()
+processor = WiredTiger.Processor(handler)
+transport = TSocket.TServerSocket(9090)
+tfactory = TTransport.TBufferedTransportFactory()
+pfactory = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory()
+
+server = TServer.TSimpleServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory)
+
+# We could do one of these for a multithreaded server
+#server = TServer.TThreadedServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory)
+#server = TServer.TThreadPoolServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory)
+
+print 'Starting the server...'
+server.serve()
+print 'done.'