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From: DERSTAD@cim-vax.HONEYWELL.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Pascal question
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Date: 3 Aug 88 00:26:37 GMT
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I believe you can only create record structured files in Pascal
using stream calls.  This was a change made in 9.5/9.6, as
part of Apollo's UNIfication.

Previously, Pascal "File of" types became REC files.  Currently,
they become ascii files.  New programs can still read REC files,
but can't write them.

Obviously, Apollo feels Pascal programmers don't need REC files...
after all, UNIX doesn't have them and if UNIX doesn't, why 
should Apollo?  :-)

All opinions are my own.

Dave Erstad
Honeywell SSED

DERSTAD@cim-vax.honeywell.com