gnue/geas/doc faq.txt

[Neil Tiffin]

CVSROOT:        /home/cvs
Module name:    gnue
Changes by:     Neil Tiffin <address@hidden>    01/08/23 16:30:58

Modified files:
        geas/doc       : faq.txt 

Log message:
        Clean up faq.txt.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gnue/geas/doc/faq.txt.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.11&tr2=1.12&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: gnue/geas/doc/faq.txt
diff -u gnue/geas/doc/faq.txt:1.11 gnue/geas/doc/faq.txt:1.12
--- gnue/geas/doc/faq.txt:1.11  Thu Aug 23 08:45:59 2001
+++ gnue/geas/doc/faq.txt       Thu Aug 23 16:30:58 2001
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  1.2.1      What is libuuid?
  1.3        Geas is running slowly.
  1.4        Can I use GEAS to develop web applications?
- 1.5        What is the meaning of life?
+ 1.5        
  1.6        Where's the documentation?
  1.7        How do I connect to GEAS over a network?
  1.8        Ok, so how do I configure this ORBit thing anyway?
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 
  4      Writing client applications
  4.1        How do I get a Java client to talk to GEAS?
- 4.1.1      Why do you keep talking about Java?
+ 4.1.1      What about Java?
 
  5      Writing business classes
  5.1        What is the difference between a class and an object?
  5.2        What can I do with a class in GEAS?
- 5.2.1      What's wrong with that?
+ 5.2.1      
  5.2.2.1    So how do I do 'has a' in GCD files?
  5.2.2      Isn't multiple inheritance bad?
  5.3        How do I make a new class?
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  6      CORBA questions
  6.1        How much CORBA do I need to know?
  6.2        What languages and ORBs can be used?
- 6.3        Memory management is evil. Can you help?
+ 6.3        
  6.3.1          Memory management rules
  6.3.2          Server side resources
  6.3.3          Client side resources
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 0.2) Version
 
-  Last modified: $Id: faq.txt,v 1.11 2001/08/23 15:45:59 reinhard Exp $
+  Last modified: $Id: faq.txt,v 1.12 2001/08/23 23:30:58 ntiffin Exp $
 
 
 0.3) Copyright
@@ -180,12 +180,9 @@
 (in the package org.omg. must be available on the client machine, and
 these are not included in some earlier versions of the JRE.)
 
-1.5) What is the meaning of life?
+1.5) 
 
-    I thought everyone knew this by now. But I guess you just can't help
-some people.
 
-
 1.6) Where's the documentation?
 
     We had a volunteer working on that. Unfortunately, someone turned their
@@ -393,7 +390,7 @@
 file also allows specifying relationships between classes - SQL requires
 relationships to be constructed by performing a JOIN when executing a query.
 
-   SQL does, however, support relational integrity, which GEAS has does not
+   SQL does, however, support relational integrity, which GEAS does not
 yet do - but this should be implemented in the future.
 
 
@@ -435,17 +432,14 @@
      IOR file, and in turn use this to obtain references to all other objects.
 
 
-4.1.1) Why do you keep talking about Java?
+4.1.1) What about Java?
 
-    Because I do. It is not the main development language for GNUe, but it
+    It is not the main development language for GNUe, but it
 was useful for testing ORB issues (using different ORBs has helped isolate
 and solve CORBA related problems) and a small amount of example code was
 written in Java. For up to date documentation and examples, the Python code
 continues to be the main language to use.
 
-    This is a final decision, and all correspondance should be directed to
address@hidden where it will be dealt with as soon as possible.
-
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 5 : Writing business classes
@@ -552,30 +546,24 @@
 
 5.3) How do I make a new class?
 
+       
http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~neilt/GNUeModuleGuide/main/businessobjects.html
 
+
 5.4) How do I set up 'C' methods in GEAS?
 
-    [ TODO ]
+    
http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~neilt/GNUeModuleGuide/main/businessobjects.html
 
 
 5.5) How do I set up Python methods in GEAS?
 
-    [ TODO ]
+    
http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~neilt/GNUeModuleGuide/main/businessobjects.html
 
 
 5.6) Do I have to use references, lists and lookups?
-
-Not unless you want to - but they can be useful. If for some reason you wish
-to write a lot more code in your client, you're free to do so. Or you could
-use what's already provided by GEAS.
 
+       
http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~neilt/GNUeModuleGuide/main/businessobjects.html
 
-5.6.1) huh?
 
-Someone actually worried that they had to use features they didn't need for
-a particular purpose. Don't ask me why.
-
-
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 6 : CORBA questions
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -639,12 +627,8 @@
     Clients may use any ORB that implements the IIOP standard. (Most CORBA
 ORBs support this, and it is required by the standard.)
 
-
-6.3) Memory management is evil. Can you help?
 
-    The most important thing to remember is that any decent language
-contains tools to manage all resources. Unfortunately, this will be of little
-comfort to those 'C' developers amongst us.
+6.3) 
 
 
 6.3.1) Memory management rules