Re: Sockets

["Roger Blum" <rogerblum@hawaii.rr.com>]

I am using ada sockets: http://www.rfc1149.net/devel/adasockets.html.en

Regards,
Roger

"Maciej Sobczak" <no.spam@no.spam.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> Hi,
>
> Let's say that I would like to write an Ada program that uses sockets and 
> compile and run it on my Linux box.
>
> There three ways to do this that I'm aware of:
>
> 1. Use GNAT runtime library. The advantage is that it will be portable to 
> other platforms (as long as GNAT and its library is portable there).
>
> 2. Use C interfacing and call the system functions directly. The advantage 
> is that it will be portable to other compilers on the same platform (no 
> dependency on GNAT run-time libs).
>
> 3. Use Florist. The disadvantage is that I'm too lazy to install it (it's 
> another package) and I don't want to impose this requirement on other lazy 
> users of the same code.
>
> Is the above correct? What would you recommend?
>
> BTW - Unix sockets are of interest as well.
>
> -- 
> Maciej Sobczak : http://www.msobczak.com/
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