AWalker@RED.RUTGERS.EDU (*Hobbit*) (06/19/87)
No flamage necessary. If you're really curious, the huge read() was in "ispell", when it goes to suck in the entire dictionary hash table [about 120Kb]. Under "Portability Considerations" in the Vax C book, appendix A: read Equivalent functionality. It did *not* say read See the RMS book. I leave it to you... _H* -------