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From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada and Internet stuff
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 13:04:39 +0200
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tmoran@acm.org wrote in message ...
>>I'm wondering how many people use Ada for Internet things. Do people
>>write servers in Ada, or clients, or libraries? I note a lack of things
>>like XML, MIME, base64, etc on AdaPower. If I started building such
>>libraries, would anyone care? Would anyone use them?  Just
>>wondering...
>  I do.  But a base64 translator, for instance, seems too simple for
>www.adapower.com, and at the other end a rather specific web
>crawler/scanner seems too specialized.  But perhaps I misjudge.

Everything is useful. After all you are increasing the Ada presence.


Greetings,