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-Thread: 103376,5716f1b70af0ef9d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny01.POSTED!c9e1c1fe!not-for-mail From: Jeffrey Creem User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Avatox 1.8 is now available References: <1278164.6P7X0PHotG@linux1.krischik.com> <1272606.X88MrAQ2va@linux1.krischik.com> <251dc$46d9cc72$433a558c$31832@API-DIGITAL.COM> In-Reply-To: <251dc$46d9cc72$433a558c$31832@API-DIGITAL.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <4o8pq4-r44.ln1@newserver.thecreems.com> Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:15:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.168.66.159 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny01 1188692101 71.168.66.159 (Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:15:01 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:15:01 EDT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1657 X-Original-Bytes: 2132 Date: 2007-09-02T00:15:01+00:00 List-Id: Marc A. Criley wrote: >> Martin Krischik wrote: >> So: >> >> .adb ==Avatox==> .axf ==XXX==> .xmi ==xmi2code==> .adb >> >> is easier then >> .adb ==Avatox==> .xmi ==xmi2code=> .adb > > Actually, yes :-) > > The reason is that adb => AXF is an almost mechanical translation, AXF > being an XML representation of the ASIS-derived structure of the source > program. And not least, Avatox is pretty much done. And in the end, the "pretty much done" is one of the more important things! It's open source. People do what they think is interesting or fun. Avatox is an interesting project but not (largely) useful for the xmi crowd. Heck, I wish it would create XML that described data types such that it would allow for an easy XSL-FO creation of an interface design document. The fact that it does not do this does not take away from its current job and even if it did XMI, it would not help with what I want. Wait till I create a few of my silly little ASIS projects. Then you will really have something to point at :)