retiring gets(3)

[Henry Spencer]

In article <2566 at ihlpm.ATT.COM> snafu at ihlpm.ATT.COM (00704a-Wallis) writes:
>... What's to prevent the following (and
>how is it different from gets?):
>	fgets( some_string, 2147483647, stdin );

Programmers with IQs larger than their waistlines?

Nobody can protect against stupid programmers.  But gets doesn't even give
you a chance to be smart.
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