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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3e7f2ffaa3097984 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-23 18:42:45 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail From: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Command Line Parameters Date: 23 Jan 1995 20:42:45 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Message-ID: <3g1pf5$s3q@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> References: <1995Jan17.171040.8865@vax.sbu.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com Keywords: command, parameters, library, ada Date: 1995-01-23T20:42:45-06:00 List-Id: In article <1995Jan17.171040.8865@vax.sbu.ac.uk>, wrote: >In article , m-bartz@memphis.edu (Michael Bartz) writes: >> Can you pass command line arguments to an Ada program? >> >Yes you can pass command line arguments. > >How you do it, depends on what system you're using, >but on the vax you can use the pragma command to import a procedure >from the system called LIB$GET_FORRIGN, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I've never seen a better Rationale as to why Ada 95 has Ada.Command_Line :-) -- Frustrated with C/C++, Pascal, Fortran? Ada95 _might_ be for you! For all sorts of interesting Ada95 tidbits, run the command: "finger dweller@starbase.neosoft.com | more" (or e-mail with "finger" as subj.)