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,dbd95a41dd4f1d0e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-22 19:33:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Sockets Date: 22 May 2002 19:33:41 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0205221833.4780a61a@posting.google.com> References: <3ceb5091@news.comindico.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.244 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1022121221 12558 127.0.0.1 (23 May 2002 02:33:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 May 2002 02:33:41 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24555 Date: 2002-05-23T02:33:41+00:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message news:... > On Windows, you could use Claw.Sockets. The basic version is in the Claw > Introductory version (now under the GMGPL); there is a fancier version > in the full commercial version of Claw. > > Claw.Sockets has been tested on all of the Windows compilers, it is not > specific to a single compiler as GNAT.Sockets is. > > Randy Brukardt. Yes, but Claw.Sockets works only with one particular proprietary operating system (Windows in its various flavors from MS). GNAT.Sockets works on a large variety of both proprietary and free operating systems, so from that point of view it is more portable. We even have it working for cross compilers like those generating code for VxWorks. So that's a different view of portability :-)