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From: "Samuel T. Harris" <samuel_t_harris@Raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: Setting Environment Variables
Date: 2000/05/12
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David Emery wrote:
> 
> This is specified in POSIX/Ada, since it's really an OS operation.
> 
>          dave

So are command-line arguments but they are supported
directly in Ada 95. I find this "its an OS operation"
line of reasoning dubious. Ada.Command_Line specifies
what happens when an implementation has no command-line,
so why not have an Ada.Environment as well?!!!

But since we don't, POSIX is the next best thing.

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Samuel T. Harris, Principal Engineer
Raytheon, Aerospace Engineering Services
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