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Subject: Re: Modern copy of GNAT for OpenVMS?
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In article <asq6ar$2ul$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>, "Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org> writes:

> Aside: Wouldn't it be nice to have a *standard* way of getting at various
> "normal" OS services like networking and a GUI?

The problem is that what is "normal" for one operating system is not
at all "normal" for another.  Even the alleged DLM port to Tru64 is
quite different than the original on VMS.