Tim Prince writes:
> CALL SYSTEM is a standard thing, although the contents are highly OS-dependent.
I'd say something more like "widespread" or "common" instead of
"standard" unless you are referring to some standard other than the
ones I know of. Details do vary, not only in the contents, but
also in the exact interface. Sometimes its a function. Sometimes its
a subroutine. Sometimes its a module procedure. Sometimes there is
one argument; other times two. And every once in a while its
"spelled" differently (I forget the name on VMS, but I don't think
it was "system". Admit I could be confusing it with command line
arguments, where I distinctly recall VMS having a much different
spelling hat iargc/getarg.)
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Richard Maine
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