Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:27:34 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Geoff Schoenbaum, MD, PhD" <schoenbg AT jhu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: printf
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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Geoff Schoenbaum, MD, PhD wrote:

> In porting my c++ code from a ms compiler to djgpp I've discovered that
> my printf statements no longer appear on the screen until a carriage
> return is executed using "\n"

This is a FAQ.  See section 9.4 of the DJGPP FAQ list.

> - does anyone know why this happens in djgpp

Because stdout is line-buffered.

> or how to work around it?

Use "fflush (stdout);" if you want the output to be delivered without a 
newline.  Other solutions are discussed in the FAQ.