Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 12:10:42 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: mfepsdp AT afs DOT mcc DOT ac DOT uk
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Simple Getch problem
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On 24 Nov 1996, Mr David Potts wrote:

> int main(void)
> {
>    printf("Before getch");
>    getch();
>       
> 	
>    return(0);
> }
> 
> 
> But when I ran it, it waited for a key press *then* printed
> the text rather than the other way round. What is going on?

Download the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq202b.zip) and read section 9.4 there.  
It explains why this happens and how to solve this.