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> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Bradd W. Szonye wrote: >> Yes, you get out what you put in. However, when a system provides no >> "binary mode" or "stream mode" for text files, there is no way to >> implement a text port in terms of a binary port. On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 05:06:09PM -0800, bear wrote: > This is popping up a lot now in wireless devices; lots of them have > record-based text and stream-based audio for example. As a 'small' > language scheme is a good candidate for embedded systems given a good > compiler; so it's probably not time just yet to abandon the idea of > record-based text as something that ought to be buried with the > dinosaurs. I wondered if there was anything like this in embedded devices, or if the only "niche" for record-based text was in the big iron machines. Good to know that I'm not just playing the "be friendly to dinosaurs" advocate. -- Bradd W. Szonye http://www.szonye.com/bradd