Re: Do all programming languages use files?

Scott Moore wrote:
....
> I'm not trying to beat you up here. I am trying to make you realize that language
> designers don't consider libraries to be part of the language itself. The library
> is a support system, like a linker or loader. The language itself has several
> properties that are distinct from libraries:
....

As you mentioned earlier, it's semantics.

The original designers didn't, the current ISO Standard does consider
the libraries as part of the Standard Definition.
.

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