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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: How to detect OS type and version?
Date: 15 Oct 2005 07:28:55 -0500
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In article <Td-dnezkj9VKoM3eRVn-uA@megapath.net>, "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> Ada 83 compounded the problem by implying that users could simply use a
> pragma System_Name to change the target.

If it describes the target, certainly that must be under the
control of the user, since compilation might be in a different
environment from execution.