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- From: studwoof@ix.netcom.com(Studcat's Big Studdog.)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Why is Gets() so bad?
- Date: 3 Mar 1996 02:53:02 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4hb1ie$pa7@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-tf7-16.ix.netcom.com
- X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Mar 02 6:53:02 PM PST 1996
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- Hi.. I'm not a newbie.. I don't even use Gets(), fgets(), or scanf.. I
- use my own getstring function. My question is that everywhere I see
- that gets() is bad. Why exactly is it so bad? Could someone please
- explain in more detail than what the FAQ does? Thanks.
-
-
- - StudWoof
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- Lead Programmer for CyberDog Software
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