Re: How can I avoid Using a Semaphore?

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <94f577$d9s66$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de>,
  "Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@callnetuk.com> wrote:

> I would have thought some companies which sell Ada compilers
                           ^
                           other (than Ada Core Technologies)

is presumably what you meant here.

Naturally GNAT Professional does include this capability, just
so that this is absolutely clear, and the need (and hence the
reason that this facility is provided), comes from our
customers who need to be able to use GLADE (Annex E
capabilities) for heterogenous distribution.

Probably since GNAT Professional is the only commercial
compiler that provides Annex E support, the requirement is
less significant for other technologies. Yes, I realize there
are other uses of this capability, which is why we provided
it in a generalized form, but they are not so compelling,
since, as I pointed out in my earlier message, you can usually
do what you want by avoiding the use of predefined types (which
generally is a good idea in any case).

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies


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