From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
Subject: Re: HELP: PC System Call
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 12:42:43 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2002-06-08T12:42:43+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnag3uu4.1cj.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ZtcM8.49323$KD3.980836@typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net
On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 00:46:49 GMT, John Cupak wrote:
> I teach Ada 95 using N. Cohen's "Ada as a Second Language, 2ed".
>
> In the past, the students used UNIX workstations, and I assigned them
> the GETENV problem from them book. You know, call the UNIX
> getenv function with an environment variable, and get the mapped
> results back. We used all the C interface libraries, and it work just
> like in the book!
>
> But, now we've replaced all the UNIX workstations with PCs, and I
> need a similar problem to give the students.
Can't they do it on Linuxes on these PCs? Or has PC gotten an even new
meaning now? PC -> Presonal Computer -> Intel x86 Personal Computer ->
Intel x86 Presonal Computer with one of the Windows OS mutations ?
Preben
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-08 0:46 HELP: PC System Call John Cupak
2002-06-08 6:40 ` Adrian Knoth
2002-06-09 4:04 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-06-08 7:59 ` Jerry van Dijk
2002-06-08 12:16 ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-08 12:17 ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-09 10:51 ` Simon Wright
2002-06-08 12:42 ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2002-06-09 3:09 ` David Botton
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