Problems with scanf()
Donn Pedro
donn at brat.UUCP
Fri Oct 26 11:55:13 AEST 1990
In article <1990Oct20.001637.28244 at unislc.uucp>, ttobler at unislc.uucp (Trent Tobler) writes:
>
> [many comments on the evils of scanf]
>
> People, scanf is not BAD, [ rest of the sensible talk deleted for brevity.]
We discussed scanf() in my C course today. The insructor basically said
to be cautious of scanf() but not fearful to use it. He said it can be
a very useful and powerful tool *as long as* you understand it's
limitations and foibles.
To paraphrase:
Commnads don't kill data. People kill data.
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