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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: strins()
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Date: 19 Jun 89 19:06:21 GMT
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To kick a completely dead horse, another 10' out into the pasture ...

The question :
	"Why use strxxx() routines when sprintf() is easier to read/use ?"

The answer : (from several sources) 
	"Because the stdio printf is _huge_."

In article <8906150029.AA22430@jade.berkeley.edu> ("Eric Edwards") writes:
> Lattice uses a bultin function to get arround this problem in printf.

Good for Lattice, unfortunately they don't define the standard for the
world. In general when designing useful utility routines like strins()
you must work from the assumption that the compiler is minimally compliant
and doesn't play any games with the library routines. 


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