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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,3689d3c938c589e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-23 05:55:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Directory listings and path names Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:47:52 +0100 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.axlog.fr X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 1011793806 17466 195.25.228.57 (23 Jan 2002 13:50:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:50:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19234 Date: 2002-01-23T14:47:52+01:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" 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. -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr