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: 103376,15d349644a4a019d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-08 05:42:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: HELP: PC System Call Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 12:42:43 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1023540163 14405 129.241.83.82 (8 Jun 2002 12:42:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 12:42:43 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25530 Date: 2002-06-08T12:42:43+00:00 List-Id: 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