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On Windows you can directly access UNC paths (without mounting) with fopen. You can't do this on POSIX platforms. Also, not all API boundaries are fixed width s
by trap_goes_hot 4y ago
On Windows you can directly access UNC paths (without mounting) with fopen. You can't do this on POSIX platforms. Also, not all API boundaries are fixed width so you're going to be exposed to the ugliness of variable width types.
I think the article is correct that one must be aware of the platform and the OS when writing C code.