Yeah, you're absolutely right... Though i think my point is still valid, so long as it's taken in context (migrating source files from windows to linux).
Hopefully this thread dies now. --Palrich. > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:08:14PM -0500, Michael Barton wrote: > > filter in their API. Files just contain bytes, there's nothing magic about > > the fact it contains text other than that there are competing standards for > > text file formatting. > > Hold on, you are forgetting something. Files are not plain stream > of bytes. Files contain specific data. And depending on the data > you have to do translations when transfering it from one platform > to another.
