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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: In GNAT/Ada95(main) use a C-Program
Date: 1999/06/11
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In article <yecyahrz2sa.fsf@king.cts.com>,
  Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
> [...]
> > If you are using GNAT, a preferable method is to use the
> > higher level routines in GNAT.OS_Lib, since they are
portable
> > across all platforms, including those that do not support
> > the Unix system call.
>
> One minor correction: the system() function is part of the C
language
> definition, so it should exist on any system that supports C,
> not just Unix.

I meant *EXACTLY* what I said, I was talking about platforms
that do not support the *UNIX* system call, i.e. the version
of system typically accepted by Unix. As Keith points out, the
use of system varies significantly from one system to another.



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