From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.58.39.202 with SMTP id r10mr9192978vek.12.1391891206823; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 12:26:46 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.50.34 with SMTP id r31mr12571qga.15.1391891206803; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 12:26:46 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news.glorb.com!f11no13844070qae.1!news-out.google.com!y18ni5935qap.1!nntp.google.com!k15no13824595qaq.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 12:26:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=206.53.78.59; posting-account=ShYTIAoAAABytvcS76ZrG9GdaV-nXYKy NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.53.78.59 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <0029b923-9a27-4322-90b6-cd3caa56d13a@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Probably no great leap forward? From: sbelmont700@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:26:46 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 1878 X-Original-Bytes: 1958 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:184729 Date: 2014-02-08T12:26:46-08:00 List-Id: On Saturday, February 8, 2014 9:47:33 AM UTC-5, Mike H wrote: > > A cleaner version would have those paths de-coupled. They would have=20 >=20 > default values that, if necessary, could be changed by a Windows=20 >=20 > dialogue. If I understand things correctly, that would require an=20 >=20 > interface to Windows. >=20 If the only 'interface' would be a way to input different input and output = file names, the cleanest approach would be to use standard in and out on th= e command line, i.e. "suduko.exe < infile.dat > outfile.dat". Besides not = requiring lots of work to interface to Windows, your program stays cross-pl= atform. -sb