Re: Do all programming languages use files?

Scott Moore <samiamsansspam@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> Scott Moore said:
>>
>>
>>>Ben Pfaff wrote:
>>>
>>>>Scott Moore <samiam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>C doesn't have files.
>>>>
>>>>Hosted implementations of standard C implement a set of functions
>>>>for file I/O.
>>>
>>>Again, C does *NOT* have file I/O. Think carefully about the question.
>>
>>
>> As far as ISO is concerned, the standard C library is part of the language,
>> except for freestanding implementations (which are not required to support
>> the entire library).
>
> Semantics. If its a library, then you could well argue that GPS is built
> into the language, since there are undoubtedly libraries for that.

A hosted implementation is *required* to have the standard C file
I/O function. A hosted implementation is *not* required to have
a library for GPS.
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