On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Paul Gilmartin <
[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>

>
> IBM would have done better to make system() follow the prevailing
> POSIX convention and invent a new name, e.g. __IBM_system() for
> the idiosyncratic one.
>

I wouldn't even have bothered with using system() to do a LINK function.
I'd likely have created a __link() function instead.


>
> -- gil
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