From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: A Customer's Request For Open Source Software
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:49:53 -0400
Date: 2003-08-22T16:49:53-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Blv1b.3715$PJ2.318183@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030822020403.625ffbf5.david@realityrift.com>
David Holm wrote:
> Another issue I see is that even though it would be a great idea to write this in Ada (I'm
> thinking of stability here), there will be problems finding programmers who are able to work
> on it. One way of making it easier for people to help the project might be to write the backend
> in Ada with a module loader (dlopen/dlsym/dlclose would d othe trick). That way people can
> contribute to the project without knowing Ada and the backend can still be kept solid. By using
> some database system like berkley db for universal datastorage (by all modules) and implementing
> a recovery system in the backend you should be able to have a solid system even though it will
> be tainted by other languages.
>
> //David Holm
OTOH, when the stuff you really care about is written in this strange
language called "Ada", you might have some interest in learning more
about it. Especially if you want to customize it and/or contribute. ;-)
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
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2003-08-21 12:35 A Customer's Request For Open Source Software Marin David Condic
2003-08-21 12:46 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-22 12:32 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-22 13:38 ` David Holm
2003-08-22 14:33 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-22 16:40 ` David Holm
2003-08-23 13:18 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-25 8:27 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-25 20:50 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-26 1:28 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-26 9:27 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-26 17:06 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-26 12:51 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-26 18:25 ` Wes Groleau
2003-08-27 10:05 ` Dave Head
2003-08-27 12:11 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-27 19:45 ` [off-topic] military medicine Wes Groleau
2003-08-30 17:33 ` A Customer's Request For Open Source Software Jan Kroken
2003-09-01 10:03 ` Preben Randhol
2003-09-17 18:21 ` Jan Kroken
2003-08-22 16:46 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-08-22 17:09 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-22 18:03 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-08-25 8:33 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-23 13:05 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-30 5:58 ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-30 11:09 ` Stephane Richard
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2003-08-31 18:28 ` Christopher Browne
2003-09-02 15:44 ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-30 13:18 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-21 20:46 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-21 21:12 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-22 20:26 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-22 3:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-22 12:45 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-22 20:46 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-22 12:37 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-22 18:59 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-22 20:59 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-23 13:24 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-25 19:35 ` Brien
2003-08-25 8:52 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-25 16:32 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-26 9:19 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-26 21:01 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-27 5:15 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-21 22:53 ` David Holm
2003-08-21 23:11 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-22 0:04 ` David Holm
2003-08-22 0:17 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-22 0:19 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-22 17:49 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-22 20:56 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-23 2:29 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-24 2:54 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-24 3:11 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-08-24 14:57 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-24 16:31 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-25 12:37 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-25 14:08 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-25 21:07 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-26 18:34 ` Christopher Browne
2003-08-27 12:21 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-27 13:37 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-28 22:04 ` chris
2003-08-29 1:02 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-29 10:46 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-08-29 21:15 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-29 16:10 ` Jon S. Anthony
2003-08-30 19:01 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-30 22:57 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-31 23:04 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-09-01 2:09 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-01 16:29 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-09-01 21:22 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-02 2:12 ` Christopher Browne
2003-09-02 4:16 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-09-02 14:53 ` Christopher Browne
2003-09-02 19:52 ` Charlie Spitzer
2003-09-03 2:18 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-12 12:21 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2003-09-12 17:49 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-13 5:49 ` Edward Rice
2003-09-13 18:59 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-12 20:45 ` Christopher Browne
2003-09-02 16:16 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-09-03 2:36 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-01 21:44 ` Larry Kilgallen
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2003-09-03 3:02 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-03 16:57 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-09-04 7:19 ` olehjalmar kristensen - Sun Microsystems - Trondheim Norway
2003-09-05 17:06 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-09-05 19:27 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-03 12:38 ` Larry Kilgallen
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2003-09-06 20:34 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
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2003-08-31 2:35 ` Robert I. Eachus
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