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-Thread: 103376,9673880011dff8f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT and Florist Date: 11 Aug 2004 11:02:32 +0200 Organization: Home - http://www.obry.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-151-1-21-144.w82-124.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news-reader5.wanadoo.fr 1092214958 25841 82.124.115.144 (11 Aug 2004 09:02:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Aug 2004 09:02:38 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.95 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2665 Date: 2004-08-11T09:02:38+00:00 List-Id: fmdf@tiscali.it (fabio de francesco) writes: > My question is about when and why anyone should choose packages > provided by Florist instead than the ones by GNAT. Choosing a GNAT specific libraries is... GNAT specific :) So you won't be able to port easily your code to other compilers. But using GNAT specific package is the easiest path... no need to configure/build/install external libraries. BTW, if you want a socket binding that can be used with different compilers, have a look at AdaSockets. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.org --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595