DVItoPS on DECstation

[Blair P. Houghton]

In article <1990Oct13.204721.8027 at maths.tcd.ie> tim at maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:
>(There was no problem once all the "rb"'s and "wb"'s
>were changed to "r" and "w".)

If your compiler claims ANSI conformance and does this, then it's broken.

>Is this relying on the compiler's generosity?

No, it's relying on ANSI X3.159-1989, section 4.9.5.3 The fopen Function,
pp. 130, ll. 28-9.

When did DEC get an ANSI compiler?

				--Blair
				  "They still don't have an X X."