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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with -gnatt
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:23:46 +0200
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Pascal Obry wrote:

> Ok not everybody computes PI, and an hour without a single "blocking
> operation" (IO are in this category) means that you have all the data in
> memory. Even on a slow computer you can parse gigabytes of data!

Whe are talking about no IO inside the protected subprograms, right? 
Nobody prevents you to use another task to do IO. Or I'm missing something?