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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Scanf
Keywords: Unprofessional Irresponsible
Message-ID: <66-11XFxds13@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 26 Feb 90 16:27:48 GMT
References: <8147@hubcap.clemson.edu> <2910@goanna.oz.au>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <2910@goanna.oz.au> ok@goanna.oz.au (Richard O'keefe) writes:
> Scanf() is one of my pet hates.  It is surprisingly slow as well.

Does anyone actually *use* scanf? I don't think I've used it since I
was a freshman. Maybe it should be deprecated in the next standard.
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