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From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
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Subject: Re: How come include file patent isn't mentioned in position paper?
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Date: 13 May 91 13:17:32 GMT
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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
>This sounds much fancier than the standard #include file mechanism.  Most
>#include facilities don't have any way to specify portions of files, only
>whole files.


If memory server, the MTS file system has always provided the
feature.  It worked something like

  $CONTINUE WITH <filename>[line#][line#]

Given the extreme variation mts files were allowed in line numbering,
it could get quite pathological.
-- 
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