Re: Ada Networking (General/Design)

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:26:23 -0700 (PDT), 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.

Depends on the protocol, load and QoS requirements. E.g. in one case we
must handle 200K+ connections, in another 80�s is the response time limit.

> Is it using Streams?

Rarely. Most network protocols are packet-oriented.

> Wrapping up IP-ports and packets in their own
> interface-packages and using those?

Certainly. There will be many packages reflecting at least the protocol
layers, encapsulating OS-dependent stuff etc.

> Something I'm not even thinking of?
> (In short, I'm curious as to how other Ada programmers approach it.)

See above, it depends. 

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