From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:36:18 +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
      
      
   > It’s not like Java has a monopoly on being arbitrary and weird!   
   >   
   >   int fputs(const char *s, FILE *stream);   
   >   int fprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, ...);   
   >   
   > Whether the stream argument is first or last depends which function   
   > you’re using.   
      
   After all these years I use 'man fputs' more than I should. Then you throw   
   in the similar functions that take an int file descriptor rather than a   
   FILE*.   
      
   I'd still rather deal with that arbitrariness than C++'s streams.   
      
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