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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: ADHCP version 0.3
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Randy Brukardt wrote:

> In this specific case, I'm not sure what use a DHCP client would be useful 
> for - getting IP addresses is something that has to be done very early in a 
> system's life

Or whenever you move it to a different network.

> and thus belongs to the kernel/OS and not the application program.

On unix systems the DHCP client is typically running in user-space, and
as such a part of the OS you can swich for a different implementation
practically as easily as any application.

I think replacing unsafe/buggy parts of an OS with safer/less buggy
implementations is a worthy goal.  And if using Ada can help getting
there, it is both fine and a good way to promote our favourite
programming language.

> I could see if having use in an all-Ada system but that's about it. 

Once it comes as a package in Debian, I expect to use instead of the ISC
DHCP client I use at the moment.

Greetings,

Jacob
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