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    From Chris Sparks@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 22 05:58:37 2023
    Does know how to get the complete UNAS package from TRW? I use it at work and I see it has an open usage clause in the source headers. Since I am not allowed to download it from my work, maybe I can find a source elsewhere to get it?

    Also are there any tutorials out there on how to use it? I am in the process of upgrading the Ada (83 to 05) in my current project and I am getting stuck on the plethora of call being made by UNAS for which I don't even know how to set it up so it can
    run happily.

    Chris Sparks

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  • From Ludovic Brenta@21:1/5 to Chris Sparks on Thu Aug 24 22:24:59 2023
    Chris Sparks <[email protected]> writes:
    Does know how to get the complete UNAS package from TRW? I use it at
    work and I see it has an open usage clause in the source headers.
    Since I am not allowed to download it from my work, maybe I can find a
    source elsewhere to get it?

    Doubtful.

    Also are there any tutorials out there on how to use it?

    "Out there", definitely not. In a few closed places that still use
    UNAS, perhaps but doubtful. In the one place that I know still uses
    UNAS, no.

    I am in the process of upgrading the Ada (83 to 05) in my current
    project and I am getting stuck on the plethora of call being made by
    UNAS for which I don't even know how to set it up so it can run
    happily.

    Do I divine correctly that "your current project" is not "at work"? If
    so I would suggest you consider polyorb as a replacement(*). UNAS is
    long dead, unmaintained and unmaintainable, mostly because it is
    proprietary software witout anyone getting a license for it other than
    in their current application. Also, apart from a couple of people I
    know, nobody understands UNAS anymore. The company that made it has
    abandoned it, perhaps even gone bankrupt, so UNAS is mostly technical
    debt. Sorry for the bad "news".

    (*) Modern multi-core computers with lots of memory might even make it
    feasible to avoid distributing the software over multiple computers in
    the first place. Maybe a monolithic application would do the job just
    fine, nowadays.

    --
    Ludovic Brenta.
    Actually, the customers cautiously pre-prepare marketplace corporate values.

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  • From Chris Sparks@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 16:36:00 2023
    I suspected as much. If I could only find something that would show me how to install it and operational so I can finish my upgrade project. Going to a new software is something that would bring on risk, unless I could narrow down what exactly the UNAS
    is being used for. This effort I am working on is for the contract I am working on.

    What would really help is documentation. Installation, operation so that I can tell that it is working.

    Chris...

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  • From Ludovic Brenta@21:1/5 to Chris Sparks on Fri Aug 25 04:13:54 2023
    Chris Sparks <[email protected]> writes:
    I suspected as much. If I could only find something that would show
    me how to install it and operational so I can finish my upgrade
    project. Going to a new software is something that would bring on
    risk, unless I could narrow down what exactly the UNAS is being used
    for. This effort I am working on is for the contract I am working on.

    What would really help is documentation. Installation, operation so
    that I can tell that it is working.

    If your customer has UNAS, they probably have documentation, or what
    passes as documentation.

    BTW, UNAS is a framework for distributed applications i.e. multiple
    programs doing remote procedure calls and message passing over the
    network.

    --
    Ludovic Brenta.

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  • From Chris Sparks@21:1/5 to Ludovic Brenta on Fri Aug 25 17:41:09 2023
    Unfortunately they don't have any documentation as it was setup very long ago.

    If I had it on my home PC I would have more time to look at it.

    Chris

    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 7:13:57 PM UTC-7, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
    If your customer has UNAS, they probably have documentation, or what
    passes as documentation.

    BTW, UNAS is a framework for distributed applications i.e. multiple
    programs doing remote procedure calls and message passing over the
    network.

    --
    Ludovic Brenta.

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