Hello Alan.

18 Oct 08 14:19, you wrote to me:

 AI> I used Portal of Power around '95 and it compiled the nodelist using
 AI> that older format. I'm not sure what other software might do so as
 AI> well since I never had a need for it.

 AI> It's been so long since I needed an external program to compile a
 AI> nodelist I can't even remember what software I used.

Does not matter much at this stage, as the only software I am aware of that 
will produce a V7 nodelist on Linux is FastLst ...

 RT>> Doing it in JAVA, is going to be a mission, ... ,

 AI> Could be. There isn't a single java app that I use myself. I could be
 AI> all wrong on this too.. I just saw mention of it in the dbridge echo,
 AI> I'm not sure of Nick's plans. He told me (in the echo) that he plans
 AI> to fully support linux and that's all I know for sure.

I avoid JAVA like the pague, it has always been "SLOW" and often
accompanied 
by "security" risks, I'd rather avoid. As for the current state of the 
language, things might have improved , but I'd rather avoid it as far as 
possible ...

 RT>> if you ask me, think
 RT>> python or Ruby would have been better choices, python being the
 RT>> language of choice for cross-platform ability ...

 AI> I always thought java was the choice for cross-platform software. I
 AI> don't know much about it though since I never use it. It's installed
 AI> here just in case I do need it and for the benefit of OpenOffice.org.

At one stage, it might have been the only choice, these days, I think python 
or Ruby are better choices ...

Russell

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