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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Ada compiler differences
Date: 26 Oct 2004 23:39:44 -0500
Date: 2004-10-26T23:39:44-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c41HT8BqhuwU@eisner.encompasserve.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: qdzfd.10$dK2.7@dfw-service2.ext.ray.com

In article <qdzfd.10$dK2.7@dfw-service2.ext.ray.com>, Mark H Johnson <mark_h_johnson@raytheon.com> writes:
> Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>> In article <1wVdd.5$Au6.4@dfw-service2.ext.ray.com>, Mark H Johnson <mark_h_johnson@raytheon.com> writes:
>> [snip - lots of back & forth]
> 
>> I pointed out that TCP/IP was devised without depending on an underlying
>> mechanism like ASN.1 implementations which solve the marshalling problem.
>> 
> Why is that relevant to the OP's question about implementation 
> differences between compilers and platforms?

I did not claim that it was relevant to anything I did not quote.
I claimed (implicitly) that it was relevant to the particular part
which I quoted.

> Are you suggesting that the standard for TCP/IP be reimplemented using 
> ASN.1 on a variety of platforms?

I am suggesting that TCP/IP was poorly designed in this regard,
but according to technology available today (ASN.1) which may
not have been available when TCP/IP was designed.



  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-27  4:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-18 12:47 Ada compiler differences Magnus
2004-10-18 14:01 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-10-18 18:31   ` Luke A. Guest
2004-10-18 19:55     ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-19 20:52       ` Luke A. Guest
2004-10-20  1:16         ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-18 21:03     ` Martin Dowie
2004-10-19  2:11     ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-18 20:36 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-18 21:48 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-19 14:49   ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-19 20:32     ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-20 16:48       ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-21 13:54         ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-21 20:57           ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-21 21:05           ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-26 15:23             ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 21:21               ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-27  4:39                 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2004-10-27 13:49                   ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-20  8:02 ` Rod Chapman
2004-10-21 13:55   ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-22  8:13     ` Rod Chapman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-20  1:32 Stephen Leake
2004-10-20  5:47 ` Simon Wright
2004-10-26  0:28   ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-20 13:05 Stephen Leake
2004-10-20 17:17 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-20 19:44   ` Simon Wright
2004-10-21 21:02     ` Nick Roberts
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