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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3689d3c938c589e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-19 15:00:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!ppp-1-114.cvx1.telinco.NET!not-for-mail From: "Nick Roberts" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Directory listings and path names Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 23:02:43 -0000 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-1-114.cvx1.telinco.net (212.1.136.114) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1011481254 34078001 212.1.136.114 (16 [25716]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19109 Date: 2002-01-19T23:02:43+00:00 List-Id: "Brian Rogoff" wrote in message news:Pine.BSF.4.40.0201192225200.74428-100000@bpr.best.vwh.net... > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Robert A Duff wrote: > > Well, any interface-to-OS package has to be somewhat > > "least-common-denominator"-ish, if it is to be portable. > > Correct. It would also be nice to provide more specific packages, like, > say, Windows, Unix/Posix, Mac (and also rans like VMS, BeOS, Amiga,... :). The proposed package will allow implementation-defined children which provide extra functionality specific to a particular OS or execution environment. -- Best wishes, Nick Roberts