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Subject: C function replacement
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Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 14:44:18 EST
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You heard it here first ...

In Bell Labs' next release of the C language, the function 'sprintf' will
be replaced by 'attf'.  The old name will still work, but only if you prefix
the string argument with a fourteen-digit code.