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That C++ link is fairly horrific...nobody uses 16-bit systems any more unless they *really* need to, and in that case they're usually people who have been forced to write something for it.

Plus,...

I believe raw sockets are available in Win2K as well, but you have to be Administrator. IIRC, Raw sockets are enabled for any user in WinXP? *shudder* Horrible security hole...

Some of those were valid points, but here's where I pick out the techie one ;)

Devices. I don't know what's worse, /dev or ploughing through the Win2K registry trying to find exactly what "PCI...

Probably no limits (on a 32-bit compiler) up to around a couple of gigs, might hit problems with more than a few tens of megabytes due to memory fragmentation - after about a megabyte you're better...

For the trouble it causes, either keep comments up to date or get rid of them ;)

Otherwise, people just end up ignoring them because they're too cynical to think they'll be of any use.

PS:...

What if they supply more than 20 characters (null terminator!)?

Easier and safer to use a string:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()

Thinking in C++, www.bruceeckel.com :cool:

Great stuff :)

Not from main() you don't ;)

Somewhere in the standard, it says that if you don't have an explicit return statement, the compiler should substitute code for "return 0" at the end :D

PS: G++,...

It should be in conio.h for the Borland compiler. There's no mention of it in Visual C++.

PS: Always use <iostream> not <iostream.h> which is the older, deprecated style.

PPS: cgkanchi -- why...

Clear Screen: clrscr() with Borland, only way I found with VC++ was system("cls") or one of the Console functions. For Unix, look at curses.

File: I would suggest using the file streams with C++,...