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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de!juengst From: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs Date: 3 May 1996 14:03:14 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik Lines: 44 Sender: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4md3n2$1bk@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <Oum-El-Kheir.Benkahla-3004961724540001@mac-ugm-3.imag.fr> <4maf8g$6u7@innocence.interface-business.de> <4mast0$res@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4mbdjl$nic@web.nmti.com> Reply-To: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de NNTP-Posting-Host: saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22389 comp.unix.bsd.misc:901 In article <4mbdjl$nic@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <4mast0$res@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>, >Henry G. Juengst <juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de> wrote: >> The functions in the libraries are an important part of C. And they >> are not identical in both 'standards'. > >That's like complaining that your car and your water heater run on >different kinds of "gas". Nonsense. A car has nothing to do with a water heater. Please, don't use analogies as arguments. Both, POSIX and ANSI, define standard functions which are not identical. This is not the best environment, especially not for beginners. > >> Anyway, I have never seen any Unix philosophy, it is just idle talk. > >Then you haven't been paying attention. > >Go out and get a copy of the original "Software Tools" by Kernighan >and Plauger. Read about the programming philosophy of the original >authors of the system. You do not really believe this "Unix philosophy" joke, do you? Read Kernighan's C book (K&R) and you know all about these "philosophies". > >As for ADA... eccch. Give me Smalltalk any day. >-- >Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard >Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 >+1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA >Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them Henry -- juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.161.1] (Internet) omni:.de.uni-bonn.physik.saph1::juengst (DECnet/OSI, phase V) saph1::juengst [26.358] (DECnet, phase IV) Any opinions in this mail are my own.