Re: what about this new way of opening file
From: Joona I Palaste (palaste_at_cc.helsinki.fi)
Date: 12/20/03
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Date: 20 Dec 2003 18:28:46 GMT
Arthur J. O'Dwyer <ajo@nospam.andrew.cmu.edu> scribbled the following:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Madhur wrote:
>> Hello
>> what about this nice way to open a file in single line rather than using
>> if and else.
> What about it? I'll point out the obvious errors, but I'm not
> sure what it is on which you really want comments.
>> clrscr();
> No such function -- luckily, this line doesn't seem to do
> anything critical anyway, and can safely be removed entirely.
I think many newbies simply think that all programs *must* start by
clearing the screen, whatever they do. No matter whether they're
calculating a sum or a GCD, or implementing an e-mail client - clearing
the screen is essential for doing anything at all. It's starting to
annoy me.
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