Re: HELP TO BEGINNER (PAL)

[dirk@heli.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest)]

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In article <go9vet$upm$1@munin.nbi.dk>,
Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
>"Hibou57 (Yannick Duch�ne)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote in message 
>news:4d141211-8950-496d-9787-eb0db24aced6@x38g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
>> Here is the link to the *partial* mirror : 
>> ftp://ftp.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/Ada-Belgium/mirrors/pal/
>>
>> I gonna make a backup right now, before this one disappears the same
>> way as all the others ...

Note that the latest version of the *full* Public Ada Library is available
at <ftp://ftp.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/Ada-Belgium/cdrom/index.html>.

>Please don't worry about that; there is a copy in the AdaIC archives:
>http://archive.adaic.com/ase/index.html
>
>This is a copy of Dirk's FTP site, except of course it is available through 
>HTTP, not FTP, so you can browse it and find it from Google.

The copy at the Ada-Belgium server dates from the period when distributing
"big files" via http was a no-no, and people insisted that ftp should be
used for that instead.  Since then the situation changed "somewhat", so
making a copy available via http is no longer a problem and in fact may be
preferable for many reasons, as stated by Randy.

Nevertheless, I received reports from people who appreciate the
availability via ftp, e.g. because they have only ftp- and no http-
access, so I intend to keep it online as long as cs.kuleuven.be offers
an ftp-service.

Dirk
Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.be (for Ada-Belgium/-Europe/SIGAda/WG9 mail)