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[LPD at MIT-AI (L. Peter Deutsch)]

The present editor interface to the compiler provides two compilation modes, namely:
1) buffer -> memory
2) file -> file
To invoke (2) you also have to have the file loaded into a buffer.

I find (2) an annoyance, and very often want one of the following:
3) buffer -> memory AND file
4) file -> memory AND file (without having to load a buffer)

What are the chances the compiler could be arranged so that all combinations implied
by the foregoing could be provided?  (I.e. input from either file or buffer,
output to any combination of memory and file.)