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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: char *strcat(), *strcpy(), *fgets();
Message-ID: <823@garth.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 88 23:04:13 GMT
References: <1309@ark.cs.vu.nl> <11580010@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA
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>While it's clear that we can't change the return value of strcat() because
>of applications (such as the one above) that use it, there's nothing to
>prevent adding more useful functions:

With luck your implementation supports libraries--that's what they're for.