Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wanginst.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!wanginst!marcus From: marcus@wanginst.UUCP (Bob Marcus) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Sprintf to disappear Message-ID: <320@wanginst.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 12:19:36 EST Article-I.D.: wanginst.320 Posted: Tue Mar 5 12:19:36 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 04:13:34 EST Distribution: net Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma. 01879 Lines: 12 I originally posted this to net.rumor, but now it's official: In Bell Labs' next release of the C language, the function 'sprintf' will be replaced by 'attf'. The old name will still work, but only if you prefix the string argument with a fourteen-digit code. :-) Bob Marcus Wang Institute of Graduate Studies wanginst!marcus