It's actually vis-a-vis and it's French quote:
Main Entry: 1vis-à-vis
Pronunciation: 'vEz-&-'vE, "vEs- also -ä-'vE
Function: preposition
Etymology: French, literally, face-to-face
Date: 1755
1 : face-to-face with
2 : in relation to
3 : as compared with
I'd say that READPROFILESTRING opens the file in read-only mode and does not emply file-locking mechanisms in order to prevent writes from other connections.
Anyway, I never had problems using .INI files for read-operations.
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There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
