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From: stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: sizeof(struct) and padding
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Date: 20 Oct 90 04:07:29 GMT
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In article <1990Oct20.003222.25439@athena.mit.edu> scs@adam.mit.edu (Steve Summit) writes:
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>My $64,000 question is: why are so many poor souls condemned to
>try to read and write binary data files?  Yes, it is easy and

You mention that this has been debated here, but I haven't seen it in the 6
months or so I've been reading the group, and I do have a response: Many of us
use binary files because our OS does not differentiate between text and binary
files. My Suns at school do not even have the ability to choose which one to
open -- look at my recent question about reading/writing binary files...
So, I'd just as soon stick with my binary files...might as well with binary
data.

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