Re: Running an editor from ANSI C

On 07/06/2024 11:46, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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.

 >
Yes. Nothing is more annoying. I'm itching to write a Baby Text Editor for Baby X. It would be just perfect for the project. But it's virtually impossible to write a decent text editor without using Posix.
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