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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: My first test of github: cpros - lightweight Ada command
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:13:26 +0200
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On 26/09/2017 14:56, reinert wrote:

> Could it be argued that such a "command processor" could be included
> in a standard Ada package?
No. The syntax of and the environment where execution should take effect 
can be any. Why should Ada prefer one or another?

> Yes, some smartass' may argue that this is easy to program and do
> oneself, but such functionality may help development and testing of
> programms?
No. Firstly there is no reason to use command line interface for 
developing and testing programs. Secondly tool-chains to support 
software developing processes are out of the language's direct scope.

P.S. There are plenty parsing libraries in Ada. E.g.

    http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de/ada/components.htm#Parsers_etc

It comes with Ada 95 expression parser and calculator examples.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de