C structs & A question about octet

[Henry Spencer]

>     Is there any spec that a puts() should a \n at the end of everything?  My
> Microsoft 4.0 compiler does it, and I can't find any reference that describes
> puts() doing something like that in K&R.  Is this a new standard?

No, it's an extremely old one.  You won't find puts() (or its friend gets())
in K&R at all -- they are too old and too thoroughly obsolete.  Try using
fputs(), which is the modern equivalent (and does not add a newline).
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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