bpendlet@esunix.UUCP (Bob Pendleton) (11/14/86)
[] I've now looked over the OSSI definition modules that were placed on the net and read the article "A Portable Operating System Interface and Utility Library" in the November 86 IEEE Software and have a few questions and comments. OSSI as described in the paper looks like what I've been wanting for a long time. A full function machine independent library system for Modula-2. I like it. Bravo to the developers! I'm looking forward to seeing the other 7 OSSI definition modules discussed in the paper. If these have been distributed over the net, I missed them. Could someone please forward copies to me. These are the definitions of SIWindows, SITextWindows, SIGraphicWindows, SITurtle, SIMenus, SIMouse, and SIFullScreen. The elegance and portability of the interactive interface defined by these modules is described in glowing terms in the IEEE Software paper. It would be hard for me to understand why the authors would not distribute the full specification of ( quoting from the last line of the paper ) "a candidate for a standard Modula-2 library." Even with out the interactive interface I think OSSI is a move in the right directions. Bob Pendleton
hinrichs@unc.UUCP (Klaus Hinrichs) (11/18/86)
In article <240@esunix.UUCP> bpendlet@esunix.UUCP (Bob Pendleton) writes: >[...] > >I'm looking forward to seeing the other 7 OSSI definition modules discussed in >the paper. If these have been distributed over the net, I missed them. Could >someone please forward copies to me. These are the definitions of SIWindows, >SITextWindows, SIGraphicWindows, SITurtle, SIMenus, SIMouse, and SIFullScreen. >The elegance and portability of the interactive interface defined by these >modules is described in glowing terms in the IEEE Software paper. It would be >hard for me to understand why the authors would not distribute the full >specification of ( quoting from the last line of the paper ) "a candidate for a >standard Modula-2 library." > > Bob Pendleton > We have not yet posted the interactive modules of OSSI. We are currently making some minor revisions to these modules, and will post them as soon as we are done, sometime next week. Klaus Hinrichs, Ed Biagioni hinrichs@unc.cs.edu biagioni@unc.cs.edu seismo!mcnc!unc!hinrichs seismo!mcnc!unc!biagioni P.S. We have had problems reaching some of the people who sent us mail. Please make sure you include your UUCP or CSNET address in any electronic mail you send us.