[time-nuts] Lady Heather's Fat Client

[Magnus Danielson]

Steve Rooke wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> 2009/12/31 John Miles <jmiles at pop.net>:
>> You're welcome, thanks for the feedback!  What I told Bob earlier would
>> apply to Linux as well; sockets are sockets for the most part.  Very little
>> beyond the serial-port code would need to change.
> 
> So what's it written in, may I ask. Yes, if all the most complex it
> gets in I/O is sockets, it should be easy to port (assuming something
> like C). It could be easily ifdef'd between the two(?) OS's and BSD
> should be a very similar port to Linux if it's just down to sockets.
> What time frame are you looking to port, assuming you are inclined
> that way? Is the source available for perusal?

Sticking to POSIX serial I/O interface should make it work on BSD, Linux 
or whatever else UNIX style OS of sufficient recent vintage being used. 
Should be a suitable common denominator and cause less hassle to 
maintain than #ifdefs for each OS-style available on the planet (which 
was the old way of dealing with portability).

Cheers,
Magnus