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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Running an editor from ANSI C
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 10:46:48 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 11:31:01 +0200, David Brown wrote:

> But many people have lots of use of programming in C without any kind of
> POSIX functionality ...

And all those same programs work in the presence of POSIX functionality, 
plus you get access to a whole lot more besides.

The fact that cases keep arising where POSIX functionality would solve 
problems that are discussed in this group belies your point.