Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:49:14 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>
cc: "Thomas J. Hruska" <thruska AT tir DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Display question...
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On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Dim Zegebart wrote:

> Since DJGPP has UNIX ancestor it has some UNIX features too. So, in UNIXall
> streams (stdout is a stream) are buffered and behave exactly as you describe.

The real reason for this buffering is performance: every write needs a 
switch from protected to real mode and back.  So writing every character 
with a separate call to DOS will severely punish programs that print 
large amounts of text to the screen.