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On 4 f=E9v, 05:47, "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter....@spam.acm.org>
wrote:
> Ada.Calendar.Time and Ada.Real_Time.Time are 2 different time types, and =
an
> implementation may provide others.
>
> --
> Jeff Carter
Will have a look (I will have to come to it anyway if I want to go
further)

On 4 f=E9v, 10:26, Jean-Pierre Rosen <ro...@adalog.fr> wrote:
> The shortest one will be triggered. Why allow several? Because the
> delays need not be static, so which is one is shorter may not be
> determined at compile time, and several time-out may correspond to
> different conditions, with different attached processing.
Ok, so that's a matter of variables (while the word =93 static =94 better
express things, that's true).

> > Are they some real life examples of useful multiple delays
> > alternatives ?
>
> See above ;-)
It was a good one indeed :) Thanks