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diff --git a/PACE/README b/PACE/README index 29e6e2494c3..51b6681bf81 100644 --- a/PACE/README +++ b/PACE/README @@ -1,14 +1,7 @@ # $Id$ Copyright (c) 2000 Center for Distributed Object Computing, -Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. All rights reserved. - - -NOTE: PACE has not been released yet. It is currently a research -prototype. All information contained in the PACE distribution is -subject to change without notice. (That includes the copyright -notice above :-) - +Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. This is POSIX ACE (PACE). It is based on ACE, the Adaptive Communications Environment, developed by Doug Schmidt and the @@ -23,21 +16,15 @@ these benefits: * A strict POSIX.1-like, low-level interface. Its interface is "POSIX compatible"; by that we mean as close to POSIX.1 as it can be, given that PACE is not an operating system. And, to avoid name conflicts - with OS APIs, all low-level PACE function names have the PACE_ + with OS APIs, all low-level PACE function names have the pace_ prefix. -* The low-level interface is a C file, so that it can be used in both - C and C++ programs. - * The low-level interface is partitioned into multiple files, one per POSIX.1 section. -* PACE relies on the STL, instead of using proprietary container - classes. STL is part of the language standard, so it is most - portable to rely on it. (It is assumed that STL is provided - with the C++ compiler. If not, we suggest trying the STL that - is distributed with the GNU g++ compiler.) +* The low-level interface is written in C, so that it can be used in + both C and C++ programs. -* PACE does not require the use of multiple inheritance, static - objects, exception handling, or other C++ language constructs that - impair code size and/or run-time performance. +* PACE (on most platforms) does not require the use of multiple + inheritance, static objects, exception handling, or other C++ + language constructs that impair code size and/or run-time performance. |