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Re: Prayer time
- To: Development Discussions <developer at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Prayer time
- From: "Ahmad Twaijry" <msx at hush dot com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 04:31:57 -0800
- Cc:
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Nice work Thamer but I think you forgot to send it to me :)
Can you send it please I want to try it
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:40:02 -0800 Thamer <neokuwait at hotmail dot com> wrote:
>Ahmad Twaijry writes:
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> > Al Hamdlla Ala Al Salamh Nadim :)
> >
> > I have selected a code from kacst people for 4 reasons
> >
> > 1- Very easy to read the code (functions documented).
> > 2- Support all prayers algorithms
> > 3- open source :)
> > 4- C++
> > 5- Easy to include it to any program
> >
> > anyway I have CVS it to itl project and insh'a Allah when I done
>from
> > the GUI (I will include the most important Islamic cities) I
>will send
> > it to the Islamic website and the newspaper .
> >
> >
>
>Salaam,
>
> But just like Orwell's "All libraries are equal but some libraries
>are more equal than others" ;) , the following are some advantages
>of
>my own "prayert.c" code over "prayer.cpp". Some of those were wripped
>from a feature list that I wrote for my Windows app, so please excuse
>the marketing tone in my voice. ;)
>
>++ It's written in ANSI C and works well on Windows and Linux. Duh!
>>
>>
>++ The calculation code takes into account the location's Height
>above
> Sea level, as well as different Ishaa and Fajr Angles, and different
> Ishaa and Fajr intervals (90, 120 minutes as in the case of the
> Um-Al-Qura method)
>
>++ Better support for countries with Extreme latitudes using different
> options (7 calculation options in total).
>
>++ Calculates Tomorrow's al-Fajr prayer Today! This is actually
> useful for showing the "next salat" time in your app.
>
>++ It was designed to be a back-end of a separate Windows app, so
>it
> does have that stand-alone-library look and feel.
>
>++ The actual code is smaller in size. Also, unlike "prayer.cpp",
> it
> compiles perfectly with no errors or warnings.
>
>++ The code is clean and well structured. (for me at least :)
>
>
>And some disadvantages:
>
>-- no Eid prayer calculations.
>
>
>Some problems in both pieces of code:
>
>+- No Daylight Saving Time (DST) handling.
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>- Thamer Mahmoud
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