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From: Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada Networking (General/Design)
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On Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:10:22 PM UTC-6, (unknown) wrote:
> On Sunday, August 12, 2012 4:26:23 PM UTC-4, Shark8 wrote:
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> > In a related, though only tangential, vein to my other Ada-networking t=
hread, I thought it would be good to ask what [you find] the best way to ha=
ndle network-communication is.
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> >=20
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> >=20
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> > Is it using Streams? Wrapping up IP-ports and packets in their own inte=
rface-packages and using those? Something I'm not even thinking of? (In sho=
rt, I'm curious as to how other Ada programmers approach it.)
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> Depending on its applicability to your situation, the DSA is perhaps the =
most elegant solution; simply take the whole thing to the next level higher=
, and avoid network programming altogether.

LOL -- True; I *really* like the underlying ideas for the DSA. (That doesn'=
t mean that I really understand the bits-n-pieces/nitty-gritty... but you h=
ave to start somewhere.)

Though there's a lot of programs (or it would be more correct to say 'netwo=
rks') that aren't DSA but might be useful. Say something like SETI@Home, or=
 EDonkey/Gnutilla/BitTorrent --I know for certain there are Bittorrents bei=
ng used to distribute people's software, probably most prominently certain =
linux flavors-- and they are likely going to need some interfacing support.=
.. I really don't see how it would be possible to "overlay the DSA" such th=
at it enables you to treat those as part of your local system.