From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: conio and stdio
Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:31:35 -0400
Organization:	Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt.
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> I don't see why
> 
>         fflush(stdout);
>         gotoxy(1,1);
>         printf("moo");
>         fflush(stdout);
> 
> won't work. In fact as long as the functions are implemented properly,
> it *must* work. I think.

You're quite correct that it does work (at least in the context of text
mode; see Shawn's post re: graphics mode), but there's no guarantee,
warranty, or official document whatsoever that says that it must or
always will work in all cases on all versions of all compilers.

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