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Re: New C programmer with a question

Posted by Matthew Pratt on 1999-05-03

-- Kukuman <kukuman@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Hey all, I'm just learning C++.
> 
> I have seen two commands of writing text to the
> screen, being printf and
> cout. Which one should I use? They both do the same
> thing, but what are
> the specifics, such as, one is ANSI C, and so forth?
> 

I always recommend people use printf when programming
with C and cout when using C++, as each was designed
for its lanuage respectively.

Yes printf is ANSI standard, but C++ has only just
become an ANSI standard and so most C++ compilers and
libs are still a mess.


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