> Another important point. If there is a trend to reuse COTS, this is a very > strong argument to finish POSIX sockets binding. It is a must. In the end > you need to pin the stock parts together, most often by using sockets. Unless you can use a higher-level, like CORBA. Better yet, Ada wrappers and Annex E. Oops, that would lock you in to a single compiler vendor! :-)