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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed
Date: 31 May 2002 09:30:59 -0400
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Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> writes:

> And since the specification and implementation sides of
> things can be relatively independent of each other, nothing
> prevents us from writing more than one implementation, so
> everybody can get to use their choice of configuration files
> (also for programs written by other Ada programmers ;-).

The nice thing about standards is there are so many to choose from :).

I like all your other points. I'll be posting a summary of this
discussion on my web site soon (since I'm the one that started it on
GtkAda). 

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-- Stephe