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Subject: Re: Passing (char *) NULL to printf to match %s
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Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 16:27:04 EDT
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  I'd like to add my fist to MSDOS C bashing (MSDOS bashing even)
I have programmed on MSDOS machines using C, Turbo Pascal and 
MASM and everytime I have hit my head on problems with the
text file format and/or standard input redirection/inheritance.
I could go on for ever and produce simple Turbo Pascal (~5 liners)
whose behaviour will astonish the most hardened programmer,
I NEVER use the standard input functions in MSDOS C because
they are useless/unpredictable GRRRRRrrrr...

                              Jerry Freedman
                              jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa