Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!oscsunb!djh From: djh@osc.edu (David Heisterberg) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: VMS Specific question about binary reads using fgetc Message-ID: <686@illini.osc.edu> Date: 27 Jun 90 17:35:35 GMT References: <2133@mindlink.UUCP> <.X94JD6@xds13.ferranti.com> Organization: Ohio Supercomputer Center, Columbus, OH, USA Lines: 12 In article <.X94JD6@xds13.ferranti.com>, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > The existing syntax, "#include " was already perfectly well > suited for those semantics. Then use it. It works just fine. I don't understand what you're complaining about. VMS often has include-like files in text libraries, and the VAX C extension to #include takes advantage of that. If you don't want to use it, then don't. Who's putting a gun to your head? -- David J. Heisterberg djh@osc.edu And you all know The Ohio Supercomputer Center djh@ohstpy.bitnet security Is mortals' Columbus, Ohio ohstpy::djh chiefest enemy.