Derek Parnell wrote:
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The "std" is the package name. Here "std" is an abbreviation for "standard"
and in this context in means "a package that is supported by the compiler
manufacturer".
By the language standard, actually. If a third-party compiler
manufacturer throws in a library of its own, that would be in a
different package.
The "stdio" is the module within that package that contains standard I/O
routines. In this context, "standard" does not mean "ones supported by the
compiler manufacturer" but "ones that are commonly used" or such.
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So effectively, the C people decided to label these functions as the
"standard" way of doing I/O, and D has copied this idea.
Was it ever intended as a reference to the streams that are the standard
input and standard output?
Stewart.
