[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [ddlm-group] Relationship of CIF2 to legacy platforms

• To: Group finalising DDLm and associated dictionaries <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: [ddlm-group] Relationship of CIF2 to legacy platforms
• From: "Herbert J. Bernstein" <[email protected]>
• Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:15:55 -0400 (EDT)
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
• References: <[email protected]>

Dear Colleagues,

   I think we need at least another 10 years before the fortrans used
by our community become fully aware of line endings, so I would urge
option 2 for the present cycle and to revisit the issue in, say,
5 years to see if things have changed.

   Regards,
     Herbert

=====================================================
  Herbert J. Bernstein, Professor of Computer Science
    Dowling College, Kramer Science Center, KSC 121
         Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY, 11769

                  +1-631-244-3035
                  [email protected]
=====================================================

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009, James Hester wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I think it would be helpful to make a policy decision regarding our
> treatment of legacy systems in CIF2.0.  This concerns first and
> foremost Fortran derived line-length constraints, but may impact on
> the encoding discussion in deciding which encodings might get some
> special treatment.  There may be other such issues as well.
> We have a few choices:
>
> 1. Disregard legacy system issues when designing CIF2, on the basis
> that such systems can continue to use CIF1 and will eventually
> disappear at about the same time that it does (sort of like ASCII and
> Fortran...)
>
> 2. Continue to support legacy systems on the basis that we don't want
> to deny such systems the chance to partake of the raw unadulterated
> goodness of CIF2, or perhaps more seriously that such legacy systems
> are integral to CIF2 takeup.
>
> What do you think?
>
> James.
>
> -- 
> T +61 (02) 9717 9907
> F +61 (02) 9717 3145
> M +61 (04) 0249 4148
> _______________________________________________
> ddlm-group mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group
>
_______________________________________________
ddlm-group mailing list
[email protected]
http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group

Reply to: [list | sender only]

• References:
  • [ddlm-group] Relationship of CIF2 to legacy platforms (James Hester)

• Prev by Date: [ddlm-group] Relationship of CIF2 to legacy platforms
• Next by Date: Re: [ddlm-group] [THREAD 4] UTF8
• Prev by thread: [ddlm-group] Relationship of CIF2 to legacy platforms
• Next by thread: Re: [ddlm-group] Relationship of CIF2 to legacy platforms
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread