That would end file associations... sending all these point and click file browsers back to the stone age.
Nonsense. All it would do was use a different type of communication, eg API. Heck, there is already COM nonsense out there. Something similar could work.
Originally Posted by Adak
io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
Originally Posted by Salem
You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.
Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.