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- From: schlein@umbc.edu (Jonas J. Schlein)
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- Subject: Re: open vs fopen?
- Date: 8 Feb 1996 11:20:45 -0500
- Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
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- Rajendra Singh <Rajendra_Singh@msn.com> wrote:
- |> That's incorrect. fopen() is used for buffered I/O! open() is not a
- |> UNIX specific function nor is it non-ANSI!
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- Here's some logic:
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- If open() is ANSI then all ANSI C compilers must have it.
- There exists an ANSI C compiler that does not have open().
- Therefore, open() is a non-ANSI C function.
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- Jonas J. Schlein (schlein@gl.umbc.edu)
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