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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Some ideas about c?
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> int main() { char buffer[512]; fputs(fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
> stdin), stdout); }

Great.  Except it doesn't work if the input line is too big.

> For that matter, this code also compiles just fine as C++ code.

But doesn't run fine as either.  I assume, you knew that.

So you've demonstrated how its marginally simpler to write incorrect
code in C than correct code in C++.

Erm ... well done?