scanf() problems

[Steven Paul Miale]

Recently, I have heard that many implementations of C have a buggy version
of scanf() attached which may cause a hard drive crash; these assertations
are from the famous C authorities here in Charlottesville.
They also claim that most scanf() versions are buggy, and to use other
read commands (such as gets() ) or to write your own routines.
Is there any truth to this rumor? I have repeatedly told these few
not to blast all versions of C because a few may have bad implementations,
but they keep pestering me and I want some *real* C programmers to set
it straight.
Please E-mail me, as I usually do not keep up with this newsgroup.
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Steven Miale
spm2d at virginia.edu