From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Version 1.0 Release of aShell Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:57:02 +0100 Organization: Also freenews.netfront.net; news.tornevall.net; news.eternal-september.org Message-ID: References: <9ad30173-c56b-4889-b2be-6caab9fd9216n@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:57:02 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d370bc733713c4fa856ac460115c3312"; logging-data="28229"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+hT/Q7n0kuJT7tTZoB9GvDauthOzZsHow=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:fEHMufcc1KOAPJQ9svZSOvvQvjM= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:61373 List-Id: On 2/18/21 12:29 PM, Rod Kay wrote: > > Atm, the code uses Florist for 'POSIX' and one function from 'GNAT.OS_Lib'. > > Florist appears to be gnat-specific ... What is the advantage over using the compiler-supplied libraries to do these things? -- Jeff Carter "I was hobbling along, minding my own business, all of a sudden, up he comes, cures me! One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone! Not so much as a 'by your leave!' You're cured, mate. Bloody do-gooder!" Monty Python's Life of Brian 76