From:	shade AT atrey DOT karlin DOT mff DOT cuni DOT cz (Ondrej Sury)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Using getch() in DJGPP
Date:	26 Oct 1996 23:19:56 GMT
Organization:	L.O.G.
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bitc 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:
> 
> 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
> 
	AFAIK it's because stdout is buffered. Turn out buffering of stdout
and it should work fine (But I can't remember how to do it)..

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