From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a37:bb42:: with SMTP id l63mr2621026qkf.237.1591963843845; Fri, 12 Jun 2020 05:10:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a4a:b804:: with SMTP id g4mr9690346oop.40.1591963843579; Fri, 12 Jun 2020 05:10:43 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 05:10:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=208.114.128.24; posting-account=MRPdDAoAAADUJmZVjnYaoafXFMadSeY1 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.114.128.24 References: <6bd5d971-6101-4e9e-aac3-7c5c2a8390abo@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <53c1f49f-bbf0-4cac-85a2-b790f282b279o@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Not to incite a language war but apparently the Corona lockdown was based on 13 year old undocumented C-Code From: Olivier Henley Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:10:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:59061 Date: 2020-06-12T05:10:43-07:00 List-Id: On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 6:43:19 PM UTC-4, Anatoly Chernyshev wrote: > Hi Olivier, > Thank you for your generous offer. However, this model is an (unorthodox)= academic exercise, which draws attention of very few people. So, the devel= opment of a UI will be unwarranted waste of time (on my side in any case). To me, that is not the point. It's more about showing off Ada as a viable o= ption to produce high quality, modern software for serious means outside th= is community. The work you have done, whatever its accuracy, is more a pret= ext, a chance at booting/stacking up a project than an end in itself. = =20 =20 > As the current pandemics draws to a close, I probably will make yet anoth= er updated forecast in the next week or so, and be through with it. This is= not the main application area in our company anyways. Then why don't you publish the code?=20 > If anything, I'd rather see the GUI implemented in GNOGA.=20 Good luck with producing any charts and settling on a professional look. Yo= u will end up coding more javascript than Ada. > So that the software would automatically download the countries statistic= s from a WHO server, and update the graphs accordingly. Qt handles Http requests. > That would require a major overhaul of my current code though... That was the essence of my offer. Refactoring fast and properly is an art.= =20 > If you don't mind I'll take a rain check for your proposal. Thank you aga= in. No problem. You are welcome.