From:	"bowman" <bowman AT montana DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Challenge for C++ programmers:
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Date:	Sat, 17 Apr 1999 08:49:58 -0600
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Kevin <krugman AT nospam DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:371994bd DOT 3237007 AT 158 DOT 152 DOT 254 DOT 68...
> Why ?
> Kevin.

getch() is non-ANSI, non-POSIX, as is kbhit() and the other schemes commonly
used for "hit any key..."    Almost every real world implementation offers
something up this line, but slipping getch() into C++ is no greater a sin
than using it in 'Standard C'.  Go ask the resident flamethrowers on c.l.c.

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