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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: file list in a directory
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Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr> writes:

> Ada can't do that. Some program just don't have access to a file system
> (e.g. embedded programs).

Not a very good excuse, I think.  Ada has Text_IO, after all.

The ARG is working on a portable (standard) Directory_Operations
package, but it won't happen quickly.

- Bob