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,bffcdbd805329ff8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-24 13:39:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and Internet stuff Date: 24 Aug 2001 15:39:37 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3B86A962.33CFA1A8@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 998685134 21630 192.135.80.34 (24 Aug 2001 20:32:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:32:14 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12395 Date: 2001-08-24T15:39:37-05:00 List-Id: In article <3B86A962.33CFA1A8@san.rr.com>, Darren New writes: > 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... Yes, people care. There is an Ada Web Server, intended not for general purpose web server purposes but rather to allow your program to serve its own pages (such as for remote control purposes). > (FWIW, I'm good at internet stuff, and a novice at Ada, but I think I'd > like Ada a lot.) Another data point is the degree to which people in this newsgroup fume when their web browser crashes, since they know it is quite likely to be a buffer overflow resulting from poor programming practices. Of course writing something in Ada does not automatically eliminate bugs, but it does help.