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From: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: Bug in csh (history, "!a%100s").
Summary: if (puts==printf) whang_the_programmer();
Message-ID: <1640@zen.co.uk>
Date: 11 Jul 89 18:12:21 GMT
References: <113630@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <771@sbsvax.UUCP> <114074@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <774@sbsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
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In article <774@sbsvax.UUCP> greim@sbsvax.UUCP (Michael Greim) writes:
>As to "puts() will never be slower than printf()": I recall reading
>somewhere that some people think about implementing puts() using printf().

If I ever found that a C library I was using had puts() (or any other
straightforward string function) implemented by calling printf(), I'd
be round at the vendor's factory gates with a large shovel to reprogram
the clown responsible.  Just in case you know someone who's thinking
about it.
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