> > On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Ury Segal wrote:
> > > char * sprintf( s, format, va_list);
>
> Oh. Yet another ANSI incompatibility from Sun Microsystems? You
> should probably forgive these guys. They were born before ANSI C
> and before POSIX. Modern BSD systems return int, as expected.
It is NOT from Sun. It is from BSD.
>
> > > C doesn't even have a standard, on a function many of us
> > > used many times ( you know it is a security hazard, yes ?)
> >
> > Not if you're careful.
> > And note, for example, that many portable programs come with their own
> > sprintf-like functionality.
Do not use this function. toy may be carefull, bu the
prgrammer who change the code 3 years after you leave
the company may not be. At least, use snprintf
>
> To put it simple, some parts of the C standard suck hard, and I
> mean both language per se and the standard C library. But
> overall, in my opinion, C is a nice language.
Wow. After a long time I managed to bang some sense
itto heads.
>
> > You won't find a single soul here that will
> > tell you it is not. So? Python is not perfect, Scheme is not perfect,
> > Smalltalk is not perfect, C++ is downright horrible. Live with it.
>
> But Perl has an elegant syntax!
>
> <g,d&r>
>
> Vadik.
>
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> their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to
> buy things they don't need to impress people they dislike.
> -- Emile Henry Gauvreay
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