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Compiler: gcc/2 2.1
Problem: problem and question about gcc/2

First the question. I have no trouble compiling and linking the
sample1.c "hello world" program, but I am curious about the multiple
prompts that link386 gave me. I just hit <enter> and the defaults
seemed to work ok. I could find no on-line documentation of link386,
of course. Is there some documentation of link386 available on the
net? I am FLAT broke, so getting a shelf-full of IBM docs is not an
option.

Now the problem. While the sample1.c file worked fine, a simple
programming assignment performed bizarrely after compiled and linked.

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/*
  This program takes the input of two numbers, one
  integer, one floating point, and prints them back out.
*/

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
  int x;
  float y;

/*  fflush(stdin); */
  printf("This is my first C program.\n");
  printf("Enter an integer: ");
  scanf("%d", &x);
  printf("Enter a floating point number: ");
  scanf("%f", &y);
  printf("The value stored in x is %d\n", x);
  printf("The value stored in y is %f\n", y);
}

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When run, it prints nothing but a line or two and a blinking cursor.
As a shot in the dark, I entered 3, hit enter (got another big
nothing), then entered 93.9 and hit enter.

It printed:

This is my first C program.
Enter an integer: Enter a floating point number: The value stored in x is 3
The value stored in y is 93.900002

WHY the F**K does it do what is supposed to be executed FIRST, LAST????.
It worked fine with EMX/GCC, GCC for Unix, and I didn't have to do
anything fundamental to get it work with Think C on the mac. Hell, I
basically just typed in what the teacher said to type in.

Don't worry, I used EMX for the class. But now that I have a lot of
time on my hands, I want to track this strangeness down.

Thanks

andy
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