Re: [open-cobol-list] Re: [Cobolforgcc-devel] COBOL utilities project(was: open-cobol-0.9.6)
Status: Pre-Alpha
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From: David A. C. <sup...@co...> - 2002-06-16 21:35:05
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Tim Josling wrote: >"David A. Cobb" wrote: > > > >>Isn't DB (Berkeley, IIRC) rather overkill? ... >>David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate >> >> > >Possibly. I knew I shouldn't have expressed a view. In general I would be >happy to use it as long as the surplus function does not get in the way. > >I work as a software architect. We have this problem all the time. A package >has at the same time more and less function that we need. > >If we can >- add the missing bits without too much angst AND >- ignore the surplus (often this is not easy) >then we will use it. > >The question is, can you do better by starting from scratch? Others would have >the basis for a more informed view than I would. > What'chu mean, "can *you*"? Anyway, I will look at the problem. Because things like Berkeley (and other) DB's are OpenSource, I imagine we can extract a relevant part of the code as a starting point, at least. No reason these days for any of us to "start from scratch." -- David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate "By God's Grace I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner." -- The Way of a Pilgrim; R. M. French, tr. Life is too short to tolerate crappy software. The SuperBiskit is starring at R.A. 20h 57m 02.15s, Decl -06deg 28' 13.5" |