I agree it's a big task to write a portable and reliable report app for xmail logs.
To satisfy everyone I would just use C and mysql. I started something similar on windows a few years ago because my company had to calculate bandwidth usage etc ... , you can find it here www.henry.it/xmail/myxsats.htm It isn't complete, nor perfect, but it fits my needs. I see many of you are interested, maybe it would be nice to join together and start a project that seems really needed by our community ;) Ciao Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Mealman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:13 PM Subject: [xmail] Re: Xmail reports -- anyone have a wish list? > Some people just don't like working with Perl and I don't blame them, > it's an arcane language if you're coming from a C/C++ background. I used > to work a lot with Perl but moved onto Python because it's much easier > to work with, though even it has its own unique syntax. > I hate MS as much as the next guy, heck I'm writing this email via > Evolution under Linux and my job is a Linux sys admin, but I don't see > the big deal of the app being written in C# so long as it's checked out > against Mono for compatibility. > > -Mark > > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 12:54, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > > On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Beau E. Cox wrote: > > > > > So I guess this has become a Windows-only project. Well good luck. > > > Have you any idea how many Unix/Linux servers are out there? > > > > > > I don't see your adversion to Perl which has everthing in place, > > > via CPAN, to accomplish all your needs: portable, avaiable modules > > > for almost any need, rapid development, ... Do you know perl? > > > Are you interested in supporting the non-Windows world? > > > > Cannot agree more. For things like "reports" and more in general > > short-lived (in the "for how long they run" point of view) > > non-performance-critical applications, Perl is what I'd choose. Perl is > > what I'd call fashion-free. It's there by a long time and it has no plans > > to go anywhere. Eagerly waiting the next Q%% language revolution driven by > > companies that *have* to sell new stuff to grow their guts ... > > > > > > > > - Davide > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
