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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 15/12/2016 10:47, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>> My original eof() function actually checked whether the current file
>>> position was at the end of a file.
>
>> How do you tell that the position it at the end with interactive input?
>> C's method allows you to write programs that work with interactive input
>  > as easily as file input (and streams, and network connections etc,
>  > etc).
>
> You mean Unix's method.

I'm pretty sure he means C's method (which, historically, is closely
tied to Unix, but works on non-Unix systems).

> I deal separately with files and interactive input.

C's I/O model is designed so that you don't have to.

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