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From: Rich.Siegel@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Rich Siegel)
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Subject: Re: stdio, THINK C and APPLs
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Date: 28 Dec 90 10:49:52 GMT
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From: siegel@endor.uucp
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In article <1990Dec27.183436.3786@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu
(Steve Dorner) writes:
>
>It would be easy enough to add another file "mode" to fopen (and another
>flag bit to open), to give you the choice of data or resource forks.  I wonder
>why the library writers don't do it?

        Perhaps because it isn't ANSI-conformant...?

R.



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