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    standardized

    what does the term standardized mean? I know it has something to do with the std lib's

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    really didnt help much

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    To make something standard.
    A standard may be seen as a specification to ad-here to.
    C++ is standardized, meaning that all compiler vendors who create a compiler must make sure that it behaves according to the standard.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    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.
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    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.

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    whats the standard?

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    What do you mean, what's the standard?
    The C++ standards committee writes the current C++ standards - they control what C++ is and what it becomes.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    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.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    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.

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    im not sure im pretty new

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    In very basic terms, it's instructions for how the language should work.
    It's instructions for compiler vendors how to make their compilers work and
    it's instructions for programmers on how to write the code in such a way that it compiles into the target format that the compiler compiles it into.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    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.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by herWter View Post
    really didnt help much
    Ask a crappy question, get a crappy answer.

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    how was that a crappy question?

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