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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec264956a9d7e36a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-12 08:36:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Restrictions on compilers for Microsoft's .NET project Date: 12 Feb 2002 11:33:21 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Message-ID: References: <2sk5nInklHl1@eisner.encompasserve.org> <3C681C25.6356CAF3@west.raytheon.com> <5ee5b646.0202111821.4dba9889@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1013531881 7899 128.183.220.71 (12 Feb 2002 16:38:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: dscoggin@cne-odin.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Feb 2002 16:38:01 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19943 Date: 2002-02-12T16:38:01+00:00 List-Id: 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! -- -- Stephe