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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Omission in the Ada Standard
Date: 25 Sep 2003 21:02:53 -0500
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In article <kYMcb.582614$o%2.263727@sccrnsc02>, "Jeff C," <nolongersafeto@userealemailsniff.com> writes:

> Third...What this really points out is not so much a problem with the Ada
> standard as much as
> a problem with providing standard platform specific libraries. It has always
> seemed to me to be
> a shame that there is no good standardization for platform specific
> libraries in Ada.

On VMS there is Starlet, which is used by both DEC Ada and GNAT.

But more important, it is also used by Compaq Basic, HP C, Kednos PL/I,
etc.  So accessing OS features is well documented for all languages.