Subj : XML
To : Jan Vermeulen
From : Jesper S�rensen
Date : Sun Jan 05 2003 09:24 pm
js>> With some work, the nodelist can be imported into e.g. a database
js>> table, but handling the diffs is very difficult.
JV> Deleting and adding records was already possible with DBASE1 at
JV> the Jet Propulsion Laberatory, so I do not see what would be the
JV> problem, unless you spread your fields all over the place.
The problem is how do you know what data to add, update or delete? The diffs
don't say "add 2:204/255..."; they say "copy (ignore) 17 lines", "delete 3
lines", "add the following 4 lines" and so on, so you still need to have the
original nodelist to be able to resolve the diff into something useful. :-(
JV> Sure. Bytes 0x20 thru 0x7F plus EOF. We'll tackle your name later
JV> ;-)
Is that a promise? ;-)
Besides, I'm far from the only one with this problem. I'm just the loudest
one... :-) The Swedish RC (G�ran Eriksson), the Norwegian RC (Torbj�rn Mohn)
and the Danish RC (K�re Olsen) all have the same problem, but they have
accepted their "fate" and live quietly in this sad 7-bit land. ;-)
Maybe there are not that many people in Fidonet using the Greek, Arab or Hebrew
alphabets but there sure are a lot of people using Cyrillic characters, and
then we have the CJK-scripts in Z6, so seven bits doesn't quite suffice...
JV> If you want to write code for the net, you first should look at
JV> what the net needs and will able to use; your joy should come from a
JV> job well done, not of the coding itself. That is very much secondary.
Sure, but for me a "job well done" doesn't only mean that it works. It should
be simple, logical, elegant and neat too, and bending, twisting and inventing
new kludges doesn't fit very well into that. :-(
Jesper,
[email protected]
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* Origin: Singularity/2 - Swedish Internet Backbone (2:204/255)
