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[–] embed_me@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I only program in C. I was under the assumption that \n also flushes

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It depends on whether you are printing to a terminal or to a file (and yes the terminal is also a file), and even then you can control the flushing behaviour using something like unbuffer

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I remember having to fflush a couple of times.