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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: ADA client/server
Date: 2000/08/20
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jill wrote:

> is it possible to build a client/server model in ADA?
> if so, how do i fork a new process (child)?
> need a reply urgently.

If you just need another process (as opposed to a fork per se), and if
you are using GNAT, you can use GNAT.OS_Lib.Non_Blocking_Spawn to start
the child process(es).  It lets you specify the name of the program or
script to run in the process, and also lets you pass an argument
string.  I believe it is supposed to be OS-independent.

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas