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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Why no socket package in the standard ?
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 00:35:32 -0700 (PDT)
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Thomas L=F8cke wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> On 05/24/2011 09:07 AM, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
>> Java, C# (.NET), Python, etc. are easy examples of more or less recent
>> languages that support sockets in their standard libraries.
>
> And, for what it is worth, PHP.

I didn't know these languages even had a standard.  OK, C# has one but
I couldn't find anything about sockets in Partition IV of ECMA 335; it
does mention a "Network Library" but I couldn't find its definition.

Anyway, FWIW, GNAT has GNAT.Sockets out of the box.

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Ludovic Brenta.