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On Sunday, August 12, 2012 4:26:23 PM UTC-4, Shark8 wrote:
> In a related, though only tangential, vein to my other Ada-networking thread, I thought it would be good to ask what [you find] the best way to handle network-communication is.
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> Is it using Streams? Wrapping up IP-ports and packets in their own interface-packages and using those? Something I'm not even thinking of? (In short, I'm curious as to how other Ada programmers approach it.)

Depending on its applicability to your situation, the DSA is perhaps the most elegant solution; simply take the whole thing to the next level higher, and avoid network programming altogether.