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From: mark.freedman@canremote.uucp (MARK FREEDMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: scanf problem in TC v2.01
Message-ID: <90022202515808@masnet.uucp>
Date: 22 Feb 90 06:23:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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tM>From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
tM>Subj: scanf problem in TC v2.01.
tM>Orga: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

tM>The "problem" is that C, in its infinite stupidity about data types,
tM>assumes that all functions return ints, unless you declare otherwise.

    Gosh, could you tell me which language you use which is capable of
correctly guessing what you want it to do ???

    It's pretty pathetic when a programmer has to explicitly tell the
machine how to get the desired results.

   :-)/2

    (3 zillion MIPS, and it STILL can't read my mind)

     mark.freedman@canremote.uucp - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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