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Subject: difference between putc and fputc
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What is the difference between putc and fputc ?
One is a macro and the other is a function.
One runs faster than the other and the other one occupies lesser
space each invocation.  How does this happen ?

Please e-mail.  I'll definitely post the answer.

amarjit
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