Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:07:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Question about the puts command in C++
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Harry Hiratos wrote:

> Employee Sarah;
>     cout << "Her salary is : " << Sarah.getMessage();
> 
> where Sarah is an object of class Employee. The function getMessage is
> defined inline as follows:
> 
> char getMessage() { puts( message ); }
> 
> When I run this program, it prints the words "Her salary is : " on the line
> immediately after the output of getMessage, instead of before it on the same
> line.

See section 9.5 of the DJGPP FAQ list, it explains this.  In a nutshell,
you (and the textbooks you use) forgot about buffering.