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From various sources:  "Pascal I/O is defective because it provides
>   - no random access
>   - no way to open a file with a specified name from with the program.
> 	reset(input,'foo') is an extension. It is not in the standard.  
>   - the representation of files other than text is not defined.  This
> 	means that you can't write records onto a tape and expect to
> 	read the tape on a different system.
>   - no way to APPEND to a file, (without copying out its contents,
>     wiping out the file, and putting them back in
>     before the appending)"

These arguments carry little weight with me, but, ever the open-minded type,
I am willing to study the matter before rejecting it.  To that end, I invite
one and all to tell me what languages do provide these features, and how
they accomplish it in a portable way.

Respond by mail, I will summarize for the net.

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Jon Mauney    mcnc!ncsu!mauney    C.S. Dept, North Carolina State University