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Subject: Re: Omission in the Ada Standard
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In article <657ea3e3.0309250705.3537b0b0@posting.google.com>, rleif@rleif.com (Robert C. Leif) writes:
> While I was working on my latest project, the CellFuge, I was shocked
> to learn that Jerry van Dijk's Io_Ports package that I have did not
> compile with GNAT. I do need an up to date version. Since the Intel
> Pentium class of processors and their clones are a very large part of
> the software market, the possibility of port based IO should be
> included in Ada.

And what would the meaning be on some other processor for which a
standard-compliant Ada compiler is needed ?