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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-03 09:49:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CFB9E20.C7F54B43@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed References: <3CFAC0AD.8040504@attbi.com> <3CFB913E.F3B09E29@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:49:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1023122952 66.75.151.160 (Mon, 03 Jun 2002 09:49:12 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 09:49:12 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25264 Date: 2002-06-03T16:49:12+00:00 List-Id: Darren New wrote: > No. IFF is Interchange File Format. It's the basis of lots of stuff, > including PNG image files (altho PNG changed it around a little bit in > interesting and good ways, but used the same concepts) and I think TIFF uses > the same concepts as well. Before I get flamed, let me rephrase that. PNG and TIFF both use the same tagged-length nested kind of structure, meaning that it's considered a generally pretty good idea. They may have been inspired by IFF's design. I did not mean to imply that IFF per se was actually the basis of PNG or TIFF, merely that the basic concepts are similar. And I like how PNG actually tells you whether it's safe to ignore subblocks. :-) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.