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From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Running an editor from ANSI C
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 10:13:27 +0100
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On 07/06/2024 01:36, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:54:57 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
> 
>> (mkstemp() is more flexible, but is not defined by ISO C.)
> 
> I’ve said this before: C is essentially crippled without a POSIX layer
> underneath.
 >
Yes. It's a disaster. You can't do much without the arrow keys and the 
ability to read the keyboard as the user preses the keys, with a 
kbhit(). And that would release ANSI C for games and goodness knows what 
else. But mainly games. That's the end point of programming, after all.

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