Creating implementation for idiom 164 : Open URL in the default browser

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# 164 Open URL in the default browser

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Open the URL s in the default browser.
Set the boolean b to indicate whether the operation was successful.

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using System.Diagnostics;

var b = true;
try
{
    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo()
    {
        FileName = s,
        UseShellExecute = true,
    });
}
catch { b = false; }

import std.process;

browse(s);

import "github.com/skratchdot/open-golang/open"

b := open.Start(s) == nil

var err error
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "linux":
	err = exec.Command("xdg-open", s).Start()
case "windows":
	err = exec.Command("rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", s).Start()
case "darwin":
	err = exec.Command("open", s).Start()
default:
	err = fmt.Errorf("unsupported platform")
}
b := err == nil

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uses LclIntf;

b := OpenUrl(s);

use Browser::Open qw(open_browser);

my $b = open_browser $s;

import webbrowser

webbrowser.open(s)

cmd = case  RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os']
  when  /mswin|mingw|cygwin/ then "start "
  when  /darwin/ then "open "
  when  /linux|bsd/ then "xdg-open "
  else raise "No OS detected"
end
    
b = system cmd + s

use webbrowser;

webbrowser::open(s).expect("failed to open URL");

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