Re: I need help please!

Bill Reid wrote:

.... snip ...

I said that I assumed that the OP is long gone, since I posted well
AFTER his four-hour window of opportunity for getting somebody to
do his homework for him. The remaining audience for the post then
largely consists of people who a) know that call is "non-portable"
and b) know that MANY compilers on MANY systems provide it but
c) never tire of the "fun" of pointing out it is "non-portable" in
insulting and abusive language despite the fact just about everybody
reading the post knows the exact status of the call.

No, the majority of educated users in this group KNOW that some
things are not guaranteed by the C standard, and thus should be
avoided. They find that the simple action of using the library and
language correctly ensures the portability of their code. They are
extremely lazy, and do not eagerly anticipate rewriting all their
code at every port.

You are lucky enough to get their analysis without charge. If you
choose to ignore it, that's your loss. But insulting those helpful
and knowledgeable people tends to get you ignored.

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