From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38fc011071df5a27 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-28 12:24:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!4.24.21.153!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X (Ada.Sockets) Date: 28 May 2003 14:24:45 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <$7NNLL5+6FIN@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <6a90b886.0305262344.1d558079@posting.google.com> <3ED4A94C.2020501@noplace.com> <3ed4c9a2@news.wineasy.se> <3ED4EB4E.6050108@cogeco.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1054149829 28937 192.135.80.34 (28 May 2003 19:23:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 19:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37936 Date: 2003-05-28T14:24:45-05:00 List-Id: In article , Jano writes: > Larry Kilgallen dice... >> In article <3ED4EB4E.6050108@cogeco.ca>, "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" writes: >> >> > I agree that it is probably time for an Ada standard on this ubiquitous >> > aspect of "general computing" today. >> >> Standard, as in required of all compilers ? >> >> That would be totally bogus in some embedded environments. > > And as an annex? Having a TCP/IP Annex would be a bit worse than Marin's library proposal, but not harmful to those without TCP/IP needs. Remember that other networking mechanisms may not be suited to what serves TCP/IP well.