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Why does everything have to fit in the memory all of a sudden? Open files, there's your infinite tape.

• jcranmer 2y ago
  Your position in a file has to be uniquely specifiable with fpos_t, so you can't have an infinite file in C. > fpos_t is a complete object type other than an array type capable of recording all the information needed to specify uniquely every position within a file. [7.23.1p3 of N3054 working draft of C2x, as that's what I have open right now.]
  • inetknght 2y ago
    > Your position in a file has to be uniquely specifiable `socket()` has entered the conversation.
    • jcranmer 2y ago
      `socket()` is not part of C99.
  • eMSF 2y ago
    It will eventually not matter, but I didn't suggest using a single file.