nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.ARPA.UUCP (06/09/87)
>Ron Ueberschaer <UBI@UNIX.SRI.COM> writes: >Speaking of glaring, why did DEC decide not to implement system() >under VMS??? It's bad enough that I can't exec anything except >C programs. In answer to your question, I include the following AAAREADME.TXT file from [LT86A.RIGS] on the 1986 Languages & Tools (86A) SIG tape. =============================================================================== [RIGS...] Rockwell International / Graphic Systems Division DECUS Fall 1986 Symposium Languages and Tools Tape Copy Submission Wayne E. Baisley Systems Analyst Rockwell International / Graphic Systems Division 455 Eisenhower Lane Lombard, Illinois 60146-5410 (312) 953-9400 Description: [.CCLIB] Graphic Systems Division's (GSD) enhancements to the VAX C Run-Time Library. Consists of an object library called CCLIB.OLB which contains the VMS equivalent of the UNIX "system" function, and some support routines. Also has some string manipulation functions. This library is the subject of a presentation at the Fall 1986 Symposium, LT108, "Filling Some Holes In The VAX C Run-Time Library". The TeX sources for the talk notes, session notes, and the Proceedings submission are included. =============================================================================== = Frank J. Nagy = Fermilab Research Division EED/Controls = HEPNET: WARNER::NAGY (43198::NAGY) or FNAL::NAGY (43009::NAGY) = BitNet: NAGY@FNAL = USnail: Fermilab POB 500 MS/220 Batavia, IL 60510