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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Ada Tasks and Keyboard I/O
Date: 1997/06/14
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Date: 1997-06-14T00:00:00+00:00
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David says

<<This "sounds" easy enough to do using tasks; however, once the program
reaches the Get(My_Number) statement all other tasks come to a grinding
halt waiting for this keyboard I/O to occur <grr>.
 
Any ideas how I can accomplish the requirement in para 1 ? I am using 
Meridian OpenAda Dos ver 4.1.4, an ADA 83 compiler.
 
Thank you very much in advance.
 >>

The easiest way to accomplish this is to switch to an Ada compiler that
handles this situation properly. What you need is a compiler that follows
the implementation advice concerning Get_Immediate. I am talking about
an Ada 95 compiler of course here.

Alternatively you can interface to an appropriate OS routine to do the
input instead of using Get.