From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   rbowman  writes:   
   > 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*.   
      
   The latter isn’t a problem; there’s two IO APIs, one being implemented   
   on top of the other. If a programmer can’t remember which they’re using   
   right now then it’s time to step away from the keyboard and have more   
   coffee (or less coffee, as the case may be).   
      
   > I'd still rather deal with that arbitrariness than C++'s streams.   
      
   iostreams was an amazing multi-faceted blunder, for sure.   
      
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