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,ed3f1647179e2b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-05 10:50:29 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!199.60.229.5!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A7EE802.81A66151@earthlink.net> From: "Marc A. Criley" Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: GNAT, JGNAT, Stream I/O interoperability Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 18:50:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.122.240 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 981399027 158.252.122.240 (Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:50:27 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:50:27 PST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4942 Date: 2001-02-05T18:50:27+00:00 List-Id: If I have an application, natively compiled with GNAT, outputting data via Stream_IO (say through a socket), can I be assured that another application _compiled using JGNAT_ will be able to successfully input that data through Stream_IO? Given that the same packages (defining the transmitted data types) are compiled into both applications. What if the sender is executing on one platform, say Compaq (DEC) Alpha, and the receiver on another, such as Windows? Marc A. Criley