From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: LZW
Date: 1998/02/17
Date: 1998-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.887776085@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 34ea2f93.1444559@news.onramp.net
<<We did a search a couple years ago when we had a such a need
and could not found any public source. We ended up using
the C source code from the un*x world, and running it
through a C to Ada translator, then cleaning up the
resultant mess. It worked fine for our purposes
(compressing some boot code into non-volatile memory, and
transferring compressed downloadable images when upgrading
embedded software), but perhaps you'll have better luck
finding a clean port.
>>
What on earth is the point of translating the C to Ada in a case like this?
Why not simply interface to the C code.
Sounds like a lot of work that (a) achieves nothing and (b) substantially
increases the risks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-02-17 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-02-16 0:00 LZW Vicious
1998-02-18 0:00 ` LZW Doug Haseltine
1998-02-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1998-02-19 0:00 ` LZW Doug Haseltine
1998-02-18 0:00 ` LZW John M. Mills
1998-02-19 0:00 ` LZW Vicious
1998-02-20 0:00 ` LZW Markus Kuhn
1998-02-20 0:00 ` LZW Brian Rogoff
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