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On 13.09.11 10:30, Simon Wright wrote:

> My prompt for asking this was a colleague who was used to Erlang and was
> complaining that GNAT's use of OS threads meant he would have to change
> his design mindset to not use thousands of tasks (Erlang processes).

Just an idea: using mostly functions together with protected
channel objects should allow to use Ada in a way one
might be used to when passing Erlang data around.
 You write to some entry/procedure of a PO (pass data down
the channel) and read from some entry/function of the PO
(read from a channel). Add barriers as needed.