Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:44:19 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Quirky getch() (fwd)
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On Mon, 10 May 1999, Alain Magloire wrote:

> printf ("hello world\n");
> printf ("Enter key: ");
> getch();
> 
> The last printf() was not flush, I did not expect it to show.

People generally expect the results be displayed in sequence.  If I
would to write such a fragment, I would add a call to fflush before
getch, but too many newbies don't.

Also, I believe that if I would need the "Enter key: " prompt to
appear after getch returns, I would have switched their order in the
source instead of relying on the output to be deferred.