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: 2002-05-31 14:32:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.14.79 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1022880690 ST000 12.234.14.79 (Fri, 31 May 2002 17:31:30 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 17:31:30 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJSCTS@[SPTX\JKXOFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\RYIBK^RAQFW[ML\THRCKV^GGZKJMGV^^_JSCFFUA_QXFGVSCYRPILH]TRVKC^LSN@DX_HCAFX__@J\DAJBVMY\ZWZCZLPA^MVH_P@\\EOMW\YSXHG__IJQY_@M[A[[AXQ_XDSTAR]\PG]NVAQUVM Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 21:31:30 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25122 Date: 2002-05-31T21:31:30+00:00 List-Id: > Can I get a Linux version of this program? No, nor Macintosh nor Palm nor OS360. There is a 16 bit DOS version, but that uses "hires" 640x480 graphics and thus doesn't need a color palette. > > type Shelf_Palettes is record ... > > procedure Stash_Palette is new Claw.Registry.Write(Shelf_Palettes); Or are you implying that Linux programs don't need any structured data, ie records, in their configuration files? > Just don't claim that your code is portable because you use Ada. Who is dumb or dishonest enough to claim the use of Ada automatically makes something machine or OS independent? > Sorry but I simply don't care for Windows only solutions. Nor do I. I'd much rather be able to port to such popular systems as the Macintosh or the Palm OS, but that appears to be less than straightforward. Perhaps in the future there will be just one OS and machine architecture that replaces Wintel, runs on everthing from toasters to supercomputer clusters, and an Ada compiler for it. MS Windows, including CE, doesn't seem to have quite made it that far. I look forward to seeing the above program, which displays disk usage on a hi-res color display, run on a toaster.