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: 103376,80b3e504140e89fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-24 08:08:47 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.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D17361B.8F32277D@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: Config_Files proposal References: <4519e058.0206190708.2ef205e4@posting.google.com> <3D10AF1F.3000805@attbi.com> <3D10B728.BD5E08C3@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:08:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1024931326 66.75.151.160 (Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:08:46 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:08:46 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26655 Date: 2002-06-24T15:08:46+00:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake wrote: > Since we need to settle on one file format, and we've had about a > month of discussion on it, what more needs to be done to pick a file > format? This is like asking "Well, since we've been arguing for a month about whether we'll drive or fly on our vacation, what's wrong with picking a vehicle and then deciding where to go?" The file format cannot be independent of the API. You just have some very loose and informal ideas of what the API ought to support, but without making them concrete, solidifying the file format is premature. -- 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.