Subj : Re: Do all programming languages use files?
To   : comp.programming
From : Scott Moore
Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 03:35 pm



Duane Bozarth wrote:
> Scott Moore wrote:
> ...
> 
>>I'm not trying to beat you up here. I am trying to make you realize that language
>>designers don't consider libraries to be part of the language itself. The library
>>is a support system, like a linker or loader. The language itself has several
>>properties that are distinct from libraries:
> 
> ...
> 
> As you mentioned earlier, it's semantics.
> 
> The original designers didn't, the current ISO Standard does consider
> the libraries as part of the Standard Definition.

Of what? If you look at the specification, it is clearly marked as "the standard
library", not "part of the language", and in fact is in a completely separate
section away from the language part.

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