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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jacob Sparre Andersen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is there some way of calling a system command? Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:52:56 +0100 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: <87a9gqmdjr.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> References: <1150031952.347657.244910@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <78030be6-8fe4-4514-85fc-a2627507628f@googlegroups.com> <2e86f26f-8fcf-4bde-b426-4bebe19e2630@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fw2.nbi.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1385542376 12298 130.225.212.4 (27 Nov 2013 08:52:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:52:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HN6sIu2F0pceS6BnItWpurAkYhs= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:17802 Date: 2013-11-27T09:52:56+01:00 List-Id: Adam wrote: > Ada just doesn't have a standardized mechanism for spawning other > programs or commands. It looks like one was discussed in 2004 > (AI95-371), but it didn't get approved. Technically the POSIX API is standardised - even if it isn't a part of the LRM itself. Greetings, Jacob -- "Common sense is not common at all."