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Robert Viduya robert at gitpyr.UUCP
Sun Mar 10 16:31:26 AEST 1985


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Posted from  robert at gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya)
> ><
> Posted from  marcus at wanginst.UUCP (Bob Marcus)
> > In Bell Labs' next release of the C language, the function 'sprintf' will
> > be replaced by 'attf'.  The old name will still work, but only if you prefix
> > the string argument with a fourteen-digit code.  :-)
> 
> Just what is 'attf' supposed to stand for?

I _A_B_H_O_R puns.

			robert
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Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology

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