23 Mar 96 17:21, Frank Malcolm wrote to Paul Edwards:

 PE>> FM> AAMOI why do you get to "start" by reading
bytes rather than
 PE>> FM> setting the file pointer?

 PE>> I can't remember.  It may have been laziness, it may have been

 PE>> FM> Does not C have that capability, or isn't it part of your
 PE>> FM> "standard"?

 PE>> It is part of the standard.  It could be done that way.

 > Good. But then I'm surprised that you didn't. In pseudocode...

In either case it's still part of the standard.  Paul just chose to do
things differently (as usual).  :-)

Regards
Andrew

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