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|    dxf to Paul Rubin    |
|    Re: Idiomatic way to read a word of text    |
|    20 Nov 25 19:03:11    |
      From: dxforth@gmail.com              On 20/11/2025 12:43 pm, Paul Rubin wrote:       > ...       >> READ-LINE and the case where u1=line length have been discussed       >> several times, so apparently it's not so clear to some how a system       >> should behave,       >       > That sounds like a deficiency in the standard, but anyway yes, there are       > ways to get around it.              When you say 'get around it', do you mean a broken line? If so what can       be done with a broken line because AFAIK not much. I replaced 'flag' in       READ-LINE with a trinary and I'm now looking for uses :-)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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