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,dbd95a41dd4f1d0e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-22 23:30:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.online.be!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: Sockets Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:52:38 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3ceb5091@news.comindico.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1022097160 16520 136.170.200.133 (22 May 2002 19:52:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 May 2002 19:52:40 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:24562 Date: 2002-05-22T19:52:40+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- 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" 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. >