Re: Sockets

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

It would be nice if we could have *both* compiler and platform independence.
The only way that is likely to happen is if there is eventually an
"Ada.Sockets" package delivered with all compilers. I'm sure people have
done a fine job with various implementations that are out there such that
you can find a package that will work with your particular compiler or your
particular platform and maybe even offer some portability, but this is
really the sort of thing that should be supported on all compilers for which
there is some kind of underlying Sockets implementation. (That covers a
*lot* of ground.) These days Sockets have become such a standard thing to
have and use in loads of apps that not having a standard way of getting at
it from within the language is almost like saying that file I/O isn't
supported by the language, but you can build a binding to OS calls to get
there... :-)

MDC
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Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail:    marin.condic@pacemicro.com


"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
news:slrnaenrbe.122.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no...
>
> But it is spesific to a single platform. I find it less interesting to
> have code that is compiler independant when it makes the code platform
> independant.
>