Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 16:29:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Gili <sl AT psycode DOT com DOT NOSPAM>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: C++ and RHIDE
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On 2 Jul 1998, Gili wrote:

> 	Call me silly, but aren't editors suppose to stop reading in 
> textfiles at the EOF character? Isn't that the specification of some 
> standard?

No, it's not a standard.  It's a left-over from the ancient days of the 
CP/M operating system (which predates DOS).  Somebody wanted to avoid 
accessing the file's directory entry (to know its size) when reading it.