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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1ece2318f24b35a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: UNIX Compressed Files From A PC Date: 2000/08/15 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 658717789 References: <3995C90A.E72C055F@acm.org> <8n92qr$1fp$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <399839B0.F5A138F7@acm.org> <8n9gsp$da5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3998557B.B45DB5E6@acm.org> <39984E52.F8E3EB6B@netwood.net> <399944F9.57D5B942@acm.org> <399973CA.8EEC6B38@lmco.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 966381799 216.44.122.34 (Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:23:19 GMT) Organization: LJK Software NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:23:19 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <399973CA.8EEC6B38@lmco.com>, Bill Dale writes: > "Marin D. Condic" wrote: >> >> E. Robert Tisdale wrote: >> >> > I still think that you've been given a little test and you're failing badly. >> > >> What part of "I can't guarantee that the file will be on UNIX" are you >> not hearing? What part of "Its a political issue - not a technical >> issue" is not getting through here? I really don't see how much more >> plain I can make it. I keep saying that the answer *MUST BE* one that is >> built into the program and can't be any sort of shell script or >> temporary file or pipe anything of the sort. Yet you keep coming back >> with that response. Are you just trying to bait me? >> > > [snip] > > I don't think your chain is being jerked but political requirements need > to be dealt with politically. He is a big boy, and knows all about political solutions. He came here asking for a technical solution giving rather specific requirements. Given his experience in aerospace I am sure he understands the nature of requirements.