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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Mon, 29 Aug 1994 19:21:58 MST
To: icon-group-l@cs.arizona.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 22:35:12 GMT
From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Message-Id: <1994Aug29.223512.12423@kf8nh.wariat.org>
Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH
Sender: icon-group-request@cs.arizona.edu
References: <Cv9Jvr.AC4@world.std.com>, <33smt8$meg@ios.com>
Subject: Re: Icon - still alive??
Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
Binary file I/O for non-character data would be nice. Or, alternatively,
functions akin to Perl's pack()/unpack(). I have several Perl scripts I would
happily move to Icon if I didn't have to manipulate C (short) and (long)
values in native format (no, I don't get to set the format of the files).
++Brandon
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Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH [44.70.4.88] bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
Linux development: iBCS2, JNOS, MH
Daily dreading Nehemiah Scudder^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HRush Limbaugh