From: chris_mears AT softhome DOT net (Chris Mears)
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Subject: Re: gotoxy()
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On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:29:13 -0500, "Damian Yerrick"
<die DOT spammers AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com> wrote:

>
>Horst Kraemer <horst DOT kraemer AT snafu DOT de> wrote in message
>news:37cbacce DOT 53079521 AT news DOT snafu DOT de...

[snip]
>>
>> Screen control has to be done by platform- and compilerspecific
>> additional libraries. In DJGPP you will find gotoxy and comrades in
>> the non-ANSI header <conio.h>.
>
>They're the same in Borland's product, so you can
>assume they'll work on any DOS development system.

What?  Two compilers have a certain extension, so we can assume it'll
work with anything?  That seems a little imprudent to me.

--

Chris Mears

It was damn hard to write, why should it be easy to read?