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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: question re Ada equivalent of C function
Date: 1998/02/22
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Larry said

<<> What are the Ada equivalents of the C functions, inp and outp, used to
> read a byte from or send one to a memory address?

Speaking as someone who learned Ada on my own, let me suggest that you
avoid the search for "do xyz like language abc" and deal with Ada as
a language unto itself.

>>

Though this is generally a reasonable position, I don't see how it applies
here. The question was how to read and write I/O ports on the PC (I agree
it was asked in a somewhat confusing manner). That seems a perfectly
reasonable question ...