Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:02:02 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp, jkh@time.cdrom.com, keithl@wakko.gil.net, chat@freebsd.org, config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel configuration Message-ID: <199701220732.SAA14304@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701220653.RAA14007@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Jan 22, 97 05:23:24 pm"
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Michael Smith stands accused of saying: > > > > Agreed. The above is pretty clear, less verbose and much easier on > > the eyes. I quite like it. :) > > Thankyou 8) I've been using that style of syntax in our current software > for about 18 months now (in case you were wondering whether I'm just > making this up as I go along 8), and it's proven to be very useful. I should also perhaps have observed that the software I'm talking about here is a client-server configuration utility, with the client deriving all of the metaconfiguration data from the server at session startup, and generating the UI on the fly based on this data. So I guess you could say I've been down this road before, but at the same time to date I've been walking it alone, and new perspectives are proving very enlightening. 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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