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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Questions about socket programming
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 19:21:48 -0600
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"David Botton" <david@botton.com> wrote in message 
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>> So I wonder, should I use Gnatsocket or are there any problems?
>
> For a telnet like service there is little to be concerned with in using 
> the Gnat Socket implementation and there would be no advantage (perhaps 
> disadvantages) to writing your own binding to the same libraries.

Unless you want it to work with other Ada compilers (to avoid GNAT lock-in).

> If I understand correctly, and perhaps I don't, the complaints have more 
> to do with performance issues on scales not relative to what you are 
> trying to accomplish.

*My* complaint is simply that you end up with GNAT lock-in whenever you 
depend on GNAT-specific packages. Ada is powerful enough that such lock-in 
shouldn't be necessary. So it's better to use a package that is more 
portable, like Claw.Sockets (if you're already locked into Windows) or 
Adasockets or (coming soon) NC_Sockets.

                                            Randy.