From:	dan AT dan DOT emsphone DOT com (Dan Nelson)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Using getch() in DJGPP
Date:	20 Oct 1996 18:53:19 GMT
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bitc <uh AT rt> wrote:
> Why doesn't the following function in DJGPP...
>
> int main()
> {
> 	printf("Hello.");
> 	getch();
> }
>
> Now, in every other compiler I've seen, the binary will run like this:

You mean "Now, In Turbo C," :) ...  Stdout is line-buffered, which
means you don't see printfs until a "\n" or you fflush(stdout); . 
change it to:

int main()
{
	printf("Hello.");
	fflush(stdout);
 	getch();
	return 0;
}

> Hello. {keypress}{exit}
>
> But when compiled under DJGPP, I get this:
>
> {keypress}Hello. {exit}
>
> This isn't making sense to me. Why isn't the string printing until I
> press a key? Shouldn't the program run in the order I wrote the
> instructions?
>
> Jake Harvey
> jwharvey AT interaccess DOT com

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