From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Restrictions on compilers for Microsoft's .NET project
Date: 12 Feb 2002 11:33:21 -0500
Date: 2002-02-12T16:38:01+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ug046irse.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: cGTmEM4YRAPJ@eisner.encompasserve.org
Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes:
> Whether this matters or not, as we say in computers, depends on
> the application. I have some variant records that would require
> up to four times as much disk space without overlap.
Hmm. Overlapped variant records exist in RAM. Writing them to disk can
always be done with a different format, if necessary for efficiency.
> My records are in an application for which .NET would not be
> suitable, but someone else might have an application for which .NET
> would otherwise be suitable.
Yes, and I have some applications that are suitable for an 8086
system, except that has no floating point.
If the platform doesn't meet the application requirements, it doesn't
meet the requirements!
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-- Stephe
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-09 23:31 Restrictions on compilers for Microsoft's .NET project Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-10 5:26 ` Britt Snodgrass
2002-02-11 16:59 ` Stephen Leake
2002-02-11 17:25 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-11 17:34 ` Martin Dowie
2002-02-11 18:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-11 19:20 ` Martin Dowie
2002-02-11 19:31 ` Jerry Petrey
2002-02-12 2:21 ` Robert Dewar
2002-02-12 3:22 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-12 16:33 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2002-02-12 19:26 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-13 2:00 ` Richard Riehle
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