"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> a �crit dans le message news: > On yet another hand, I do agree that
it would be a good idea for Ada to
> provide a semi-standard interface to an OS file system. It would necessarily
> be reduced to the least common denominator
Not necessarily. Have a look at package OS_Services from Adalog's component page (http://www.adalog.fr/compo2.htm) for a system that
allows a lot of flexibility. It achieves the following goal:
- if functionnality XYZ is provided, it works independently of the OS
- if functionnality XYZ is *not* provided (and you need it), it doesn't compile.

In short, a program will work on any platform that supports the functionnalities needed by the program.
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