Re: open vs fopen?

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From: Jonas J. Schlein
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 16:20

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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!

Here's some logic:

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.
-- 
"If it wasn't for C, we would be using BASI, PASAL, and OBOL."

Jonas J. Schlein  (schlein@gl.umbc.edu)

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Date: 8 Feb 1996 11:20:45 -0500
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