From: fmdf@tiscali.it (fabio de francesco)
Subject: Re: GNAT and Florist
Date: 11 Aug 2004 04:56:22 -0700
Date: 2004-08-11T04:56:22-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ba2f9c57.0408110356.712fe6aa@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3wu066bkw.fsf@0x53586c42.boanxx18.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk
Mark Lorenzen <mark.lorenzen@ofir.dk> wrote in message news:<m3wu066bkw.fsf@0x53586c42.boanxx18.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk>...
> Florist is an implementation of the ISO/IEC standard 14519 and defines
> a binding the system calls and library functions defined by POSIX.
>
> The socket bindings in GNAT are good enough if you want to do socket
> programming, but they are not a complete binding to POSIX. If you want
> to use other POSIX functions such as shared memory, memoty locking,
> process signalling, select() system call, address resolver, read(),
> write(), readv(), writev() etc., then you should go for Florist.
>
> The ISO/IEC 14519 standard consists of nearly 900 pages, but it is
> very clear and informative. It is actually a much better source for
> learning POSIX than the usual C API.
>
> Regards,
> - Mark Lorenzen
Thank you. Is there any documentation on the use and the design of the
Florist Library?
Ciao,
Fabio De Francesco.
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2004-08-10 7:09 GNAT and Florist fabio de francesco
2004-08-10 19:24 ` Mark Lorenzen
2004-08-11 11:56 ` fabio de francesco [this message]
2004-08-11 16:11 ` Mark Lorenzen
2004-08-11 20:25 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-08-11 9:02 ` Pascal Obry
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