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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,950fad2e9e9717b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!news2!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!cyclone03.ams.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe03.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: Mike H Reply-To: Mike Hopkins Sender: Mike-h Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Platform independent calendar References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.03-U (<887$+zN077fMi5diFK8NqJstC7>) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:40:51 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.138.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: newsfe03.ams2 1228671805 83.104.138.185 (Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:43:25 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:43:25 UTC Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2921 Date: 2008-12-07T17:40:51+00:00 List-Id: In message , "RasikaSrinivasan@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. -- Mike Hopkins Project Rheilffordd Eryri WHR