On 31-Jan-98, Manish Malik wrote to Anthony Tibbs about C++ Saveding stuff.
 MM>>> char s[40]; gets(s); puts("\r\nThis was the string you entered :
 MM>>> "); puts(s);
 AT>> NO!  Never!  Bad!    You've allocated 40 bytes, but
 AT>> the user could easily type 4000.
 MM> okay, hows this piece of code ?? char *s; gets(s); puts("\r\n
 MM> Whether you typed 40 or 4000, I have it all ! Here - "); puts(s);
WORSE!!! Your "new" method can't even take one character, as s points to
nooneknowswhere...
Hint: fgets should be nice to look up at the help.
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