Re: terminate applications

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Well, provided that we're not talking about putting it into the ARM but 
creating a conventional Ada library that is shipped with most compilers 
(in source code, of course) then this isn't really as much of a problem 
as it might appear. You create a general "Kill" subprogram and connect 
it to the most popular or convenient call you have, and then for 
specific OS's that may have some bizarre twists and alternate calls, you 
create some sort of child package or other extension for those cases. At 
least it would be portable across all VMS implementations while 
providing a general solution for everything else. Since it would be in 
source, you could modify which call you use at your own risk.

MDC



Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> 
> 
> What is wrong is that not all operating systems define those facilities
> in the same way.  Ada programmers moving such code from one platform to
> another should be forced to read the definition for the particular OS
> to see if it still matches the expectations of their program.
> 
> VMS has about three such calls, with varying effects.  Which one should
> an Ada compiler invoke ?


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