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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-11 20:25:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news-peer.gradwell.net!154.32.99.10.MISMATCH!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:21:31 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <3CB516E1.9030008@snafu.de> <3CB5BED1.3090702@snafu.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1018549293 23702 136.170.200.133 (11 Apr 2002 18:21:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Apr 2002 18:21:33 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22405 Date: 2002-04-11T18:21:33+00:00 List-Id: "Michael Erdmann" wrote in message news:3CB5BED1.3090702@snafu.de... > There is a POSIX based package available (florist) and adasockets > from S. Tardieu but they are not part of the Ada predefined packages. > It is a pitty. > Maybe there needs to be an appendix to the ARM called Interfaces.Sockets? It might even impose a layer on top that provided a whole Ada-ish look and feel to the endeavor, rather than being just a thin binding. A few things like this could go quite far in improving portable development life by getting an OS-independent view of common services. (With the usual stipulation that an implementation need not provide it at all, but if it does, it will have this interface.) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com