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From: Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>
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Subject: Re: ISO/IEC 14519 - Ada POSIX binding
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:49:52 -0400
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So maybe we want to abstract I/O over pipes or sockets in the same way 
that high level languages abstracted I/O to/from files on a disk? I'd 
prefer to see such an abstraction rather than a simple binding to some 
specific OS services that might change over time.

MDC

Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
> 
> No. Ada.Text_IO is not a re-invention of stdio. For GNAT users, this
> merely presents an _interface_. In most cases, this is what
> Ada.Sockets will be. An _interface_.
> 
> The _only_ exception might be in embedded system situations where
> the vendor has chosen to provide TCP/IP support in this way. But
> even then, I doubt you would find it happen that way.
> 


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