Re: a note on notations (I'm going to be sorry I sent this to the list)

[arnold@cc.gatech.edu (Arnold Robbins)]

> Why not let %open take another argument, the file mode a la fopen?

I like it.

> Are interfaces to more generic system calls going to be part of es?
> Will I be able to use es as a systems programming language?

No, We're going to extend gnu awk to do this... (.5 * :-)

Arnold