Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:36:11 -0400
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> I'm still asking those who know what is the real problem behind using
> `fflush' on stdin, to please speak up.

I think what they're trying to do is discard the remainder of the
input line, ala scanf("%*[^\n]\n").  The problem with fflush is that
it discards more than that when stdin is redirected.