Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I'm asking whether the same holds 
> for tape, or whether it's just treated as an endless stream of bytes (or 
> records or whatever).

Oh, I see. It depends whether you are using a labeled tape or an unlabeled 
tape. I.e., that depends on the OS.

> Right. So it's a property of the program, not the system.

Again, depends on the OS. On the really primitive ones, it was a property of 
the program. On the really modern ones, it's also a property of the program. 
On the ones in between, they made it a property of the files.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
    you literally shooting yourself in the foot.

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