ReadKey like Function in C

[Chris Torek]

In article <1677 at crdgw1.crd.ge.com> davidsen at sungod.crd.ge.com (ody) writes:
>  One of the constraints of X3J11 was to "codify existing practice," and
>I hope that this will continue in the next C version. Therefore, since
>kbhit() and getch() are probably the widest spread, I would suggest that
>the MS-DOS haters would still like to adopt this convention, since it
>would simplify porting programs to other operating systems.

What does `kbhit()' mean when stdin is a socket?  How about in a VMS
batch job?

What does getch() do at end of file?

Before you settle on <X> as a standard across hundreds of systems, be sure
<X> can well-defined everywhere.
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