----- Original Message ----- From: "K.S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] I don't understand this GT.M compile error.
> On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 12:40 -0500, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > [KSB] <...snip...> > > > You're quite right that different M implementations implement the > > standard to varying degrees, and that's why the SAC has disallowed > > certain langtuage features that are part of the standard. To be > > honest, > > I think any M implementation ought to at least implement the 1995 > > standard, but I understand doing so is not free and that there are > > business considerations here. That being said, KIDS is pretty basic > > to > > VistA: it is the mechanism through which packages (and patches) are > > distributed. > > [KSB] Part of the problem with SSVNs is that although the variable names > were standardized, details of the behaviors were not. > For example, consider what it means to $O(^$R(x)) given that there is no standard for the structure of a routine directory. In the case of GT.M and at least two other implementations I know of, routine paths are supported -- so a single canonical list would not necessarily be what one wants. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
