From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bffcdbd805329ff8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-26 18:49:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news-out.nibble.net!news-in.nibble.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and Internet stuff References: <3B86A962.33CFA1A8@san.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 01:49:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 998876953 24.7.82.199 (Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:49:13 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:49:13 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12443 Date: 2001-08-27T01:49:13+00:00 List-Id: >I'm wondering how many people use Ada for Internet things. Do people >write servers in Ada, or clients, or libraries? I note a lack of things >like XML, MIME, base64, etc on AdaPower. If I started building such >libraries, would anyone care? Would anyone use them? Just >wondering... I do. But a base64 translator, for instance, seems too simple for www.adapower.com, and at the other end a rather specific web crawler/scanner seems too specialized. But perhaps I misjudge.