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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cfd23c10fd537a80 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" Subject: Re: Ada Calendar oddity Date: 2000/05/11 Message-ID: <391B1D0E.B49DB714@online.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 622272355 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <39176D85.603D7AEC@research.canon.com.au> <39178DEA.FD2C20FA@research.canon.com.au> <8f92o1$6v$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3918BB77.693C70D6@research.canon.com.au> <8fahfv$mgt$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3919CC94.538DDBA0@online.no> <391ADECC.BCE77DDA@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@online.no X-Trace: news1.online.no 958078221 130.67.226.155 (Thu, 11 May 2000 22:50:21 MET DST) Organization: Jensen programvareutvikling MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 22:50:21 MET DST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-05-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Charles Hixson wrote: > > This seems to imply the assumption that the database would not be implemented > in Ada. For some purposes this is reasonable (SQL is frequently nice, and has > already been done). For other purposes it doesn't seem reasonable at all. If > I don't need a full relational database, why should I need to drag one along? 1. Because a full relational database is VERY nice to have and causes few surprises. It is not a matter of not needing one. It is a matter of not being able to use one. 2. The Ada type is simply not apropriate in this context. This is a typical DP application. When doing DP stuff, do it the way DP stuff should be done. 3. When implementing Ada support for the database one makes sure that one includes the proper date/time stuff into the support library. Greetings,