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Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => Programming and Graphics => Topic started by: Turaiel on June 02, 2013, 03:26:36 PM
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I've been wondering this for a long time, but I've never been able to find anything on it. Does anyone know what languages/libraries TWC uses to program its radar software and BreWS and such? I'm guessing that it's either DirectX or some custom graphics library for the graphics, but I have no ideas as far as the language goes. Perhaps C++?
This is, of course, assuming they use Windows for that software. If it's anything like the STARs though, it may be running on Linux or BSD, at which point I have zero ideas whatsoever.
I already know that they use the GRLevelX suite for their secondary radar software.
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Mostly modified versions of WSI software as they are owned by the Weather Channel. BreWS is more than likely just a graphic generated by someone at TWC to summarize priority topics. The text and information are too precise to be computer generated
http://www.wsi.com/index.htm (http://www.wsi.com/index.htm)
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I see. Any ideas as to what WSI's Max software is written in then?
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[...] If it's anything like the STARs though, it may be running on Linux or BSD, at which point I have zero ideas whatsoever. [...]
I'll just leave this here: http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/tech/full_papers/baldwin/baldwin_html/article.html (http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/tech/full_papers/baldwin/baldwin_html/article.html)
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Oooh, thanks for that. Should be a good read.