Re: Platform independent calendar

[Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com>]

On Dec 7, 12:40 pm, Mike H <newsrea...@ada-
augusta.demon.co.uk.INVALID> wrote:
> In message
> <d26ba59d-734a-48dd-b984-48b7fd70e...@w35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> "RasikaSriniva...@gmail.com" <RasikaSriniva...@gmail.com> writes
>
> >really curious why you would think Calendar package is ruled out?
> >regards, srini
>
> It will be a pair of embedded micro-controllers communicating with each
> other on a peer to peer basis with logging, archiving and control on a
> PC. Date-stamps on records produced by one machine need to be
> interpreted on another. That means a confirmed mix of hardware and a
> possible mix of Ada compilers. They must be programmed in Ada for two
> reasons. Firstly, I know no other language and secondly the finished
> product will be subject to scrutiny by the UK railway inspectorate. In
> such circumstances platform independence would seem to be a convenient
> road to go down.
>
> Having come out of retirement at the age of 75 I admit to the
> possibility of being out of touch. So if you would like to try to
> persuade me otherwise, I shall be happy to listen.

Just in case you're unfamiliar, you'll probably want to check out
global clock/timestamp sychronization/ algorithms.  There are many
references, for example http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=305619.305631