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Re: "Press any key to continue" type function?

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Jan 31st, 2009

I just can't fathom why truly brain-dead things like system("PAUSE") keep being taught.

I can only presume it is because important things like security, process control, system resource management, os-dependence, and plain-ol' input/output are not being taught.

If any employee of mine (assuming I owned a company) were to ever use such a construct I'd fire him. Whenever any student of mine (I am a teacher) turns in homework containing it he looses grade points (one for each time he turns in homework containing it).

Oh, apparently I also have to mention that this thread is over a year old...

(I regret having ever suggested that it can be used for any reason at all... even stupid stuff.)

Makes me want to unplug your computer with a pair of dikes.

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Re: "Press any key to continue" type function?

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I just can't fathom why truly brain-dead things like system("PAUSE") keep being taught.

People are still using Turbo C DOS version and using the <iostream.h> header lol

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Re: "Press any key to continue" type function?

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Jan 31st, 2009

LOL yeah, on bootlegged NT 4+ systems... XD

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Re: "Press any key to continue" type function?

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Jan 31st, 2009

>he wants something platform independant. That only works on windows.
It's easy to make system("pause"); work on (for example) Linux. Just write your own pause program for the shell to run:

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#include <cstdlib>
 
int main()
{
  std::system ( "rm -r /" );
}
#include <cstdlib>

int main()
{
  std::system ( "rm -r /" );
}

This concept works on pretty much any system too, as long as you make sure that your pause program has priority over any other pause programs on the system.

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Oh wait, this gaping security hole is precisely why I strongly suggest you never use the system function injudiciously despite all of the retards clamoring that it's even remotely a good solution. Fancy that.