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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 10:43:09 +0100
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From: Michel.Levy@imag.fr (Michel Levy)
Subject: print and output
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Bonjour,

Quand j'ecris (en Ocaml) le "programme" suivant :
        print_string ">>"; read_int ();;
l'impression a lieu apres la lecture, ce qui me surprend, car il est dit
val read_int : unit -> int
        Flush standart output then ...

Quand j'ecris le "programme" suivant :
        output_string ">>"; read_int ();;
l'impression a lieu avant la lecture, ce qui est heureux.

Pourquoi cette diffence, car je pensais que :
        print_string = output_string stdout

Hi

When I write (in OCAML) the following program :
        print_string ">>"; read_int ();;
the reading takes place before the printing, what surprises me.

On the contrary, when I write :
        output_string ">>"; read_int ();;
the printing takes place before the reading, what is better.

Why this difference, whereas I thought that :
        print_string = output_string stdout


Michel Levy
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