From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2005-02-02, Erwann ABALEA  wrote:   
   >   
   > Turbo Pascal has a "better" file abstraction than standard C. In TP, a   
   > file can be typed (File of xxx, you then read or write elements of type   
   > xxx), or typeless (simply a File, and you perform BlockRead and   
   > BlockWrite that operate on octets).   
      
   IIRC untyped files are by default 128 byte blocks. Don't forget to set this   
   to "1" by adding ,1 to the reset/rewrite statement (reset(f,1);)   
      
   > But when it comes to developing for other platforms than DOS on a PC, or   
   > working with a set of other developers, TP is out. In fact, I don't   
   > program in TP anymore, even on my old DOS machines, I do C.   
      
   > That answers the first question: you can do whatever you want in TP, the   
   > language doesn't limit you to anything, but you'll be alone on obsolete   
   > machines.   
      
   Just like when you move from a 16-bit C to a different C compiler on a more   
   modern system (and even can use 32-bit C on dos), you can do this with Pascal   
   too, and go to FPC or VP or Delphi.   
      
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