Re: Ada.Networks.Sockets hierarchy for standardization? (sf: ada0y-net-std)

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote in message <3EDB81DB.4040503@cogeco.ca>...
>Based upon the submission deadlines, I think it would be very ambitious
>to pull anything together for the fall, let alone December, unless
>someone else wants to lead the charge for this. I was under the
mistaken
>impression that we had a little more time. Thinking about it now, it
>only makes sense for them to cut it off there.


Yeah, I was thinking it was further off, too. Time to get to work!

>The Source Forge project has been created (I just received
confirmation).
>
>Is there any interest in producing a networking library that goes
>beyond sockets? As Randy has pointed out, there are already 3 versions
>of socket bindings available, and a 4th if you include the partially
>complete POSIX interface in Florist.


Tom has been working on such a thing based on Claw.Sockets (minus Claw),
but we never came up with a snappy name for it. He has FTP and HTTP
client packages (which I've used to save a lot of time on some quicky
utilities) and a bunch of other things as well.

It would be useful to put together a group to work on it (we'd
especially like to see a Linux body for the Sockets packages, because it
would help find and eliminate any lingering Window-isms in the package
specs) or a similar alternative. It may be best to develop a truly
wide-ranging and portable library as a de-facto standard rather than try
to get one ready in a few months.

            Randy.