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This chapter describes the procedures that are used for input and output (I/O). The chapter first describes ports and how they are manipulated, then describes the I/O operations. Finally, some low-level procedures are described that permit the implementation of custom ports and high-performance I/O.
| • Ports | ||
| • File Ports | ||
| • String Ports | ||
| • Input Procedures | ||
| • Output Procedures | ||
| • Format | ||
| • Custom Output | ||
| • Prompting | ||
| • Port Primitives | ||
| • Parser Buffers | ||
| • Parser Language | ||
| • XML Support |