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echo: aust_c_here
to: Ian Binnie
from: Rob Judd
date: 1996-07-19 15:11:10
subject: Pacific C

> IB>  PE> char-only variables.  You know what that means,
 > don't you?  You have
 > IB>  PE> to read data from a file as a pure character buffer,
 > you can't put it
 > IB>  PE> into structures.

 > IB> This has always been the case with C (COBOL is the only language which
 > IB> allows the programmer total control over record I/O)

Damn, the feed for this echo came through about two days too late! Guess
what I spent a frustrating Wednesday trying to do ? :)

Rob
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