MM>> char s[40];
 MM>> gets(s);
 MM>> puts("\r\nThis was the string you entered : "); puts(s);
 AT> NO!  Never!  Bad!    You've allocated 40 bytes, but the
 AT> user could easily type 4000.
Ironically, this message arrived after I sent you that message pointing out 
that you'd done exactly the the same thing with `cin >> buffer' in your code, 
earlier in this same thread.  (-:
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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