Hello Nick,

On 22 Aug 14 02:49, Nick Andre wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> That's only because DB4 isn't finished yet. So celebration is on
 NB>> the back burner. Once it is, though.. whew! Look out! :)

 NA> I'm getting there. Its a LOT of work, probably on par with lets say,
 NA> getting the old DOS based Mystic over to a cross-platform codebase.

I believe you. You don't see me barking at you about how it should be done
already and how easy it is. I wouldn't have the slightest clue as to how
difficult a feat that would be, so I keep my damn mouth shut and wait
patiently. :)

Oh, and sorry, I started celebrating early. DB4? Nah, just the fact that I
don't have to work for a couple days. lol

 NA> D'Bridge comes with a command line swiss-army-knife utility, DBUTIL,
 NA> which handles a lot of miscellaneous stuff. Stuff like sorting
 NA> databases, generating command-line polls and transactions, etc. That
 NA> I've compiled for cross-platform and works like a charm. Totally flies
 NA> on Linux! :)

Did you ever have any doubt? Everything flies on Linux compared to other
OSes. It's the ease of use factor which is why everyone hasn't switched
over yet, and probably never will.

 NA> I'm not quite there yet, but the biggest challenge will be supporting
 NA> dialup modems and making sure the legacy mail-session code works as it
 NA> does now... I refuse to drop dialup and D'Bridge is not a mailer if it
 NA> can't do dialup.

Your dedication and stubbornness is very admirable. That in itself is why
you have a nice fanbase of supporters (including myself if I could ever use
it in Linux. *snicker*)

 NA> So, I have to write a communications library that will work on
 NA> Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, BSD, Solaris, OS/2, etc etc... and each OS
 NA> handles modems slightly different. What I'm trying hard to avoid is
 NA> code that cannot be portable or put it this way, I want D'Bridge 4 to
 NA> be "future proof".

I hear you. Not only to make further development much easier for you, but
also as I've noticed you say in the past how things are currently crammed
into spots that can't be filled with anything more. That will hopefully be
alleviated from your list of worries in the future.

Okay, that was a ramble.. I should have just repeated "future proof". haha

I can't wait to check it out.. nuff said!

Regards,
Nick

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