Sometimes I see (often beginner) code that uses gets(), a function you should never use for any reason. The function was so bad that it is was even removed from the C Standard at some point.
But as for beginner code, why would their instructors be teaching them that using gets() was a good idea? And as for non-beginner code, why would any programmer have used it in the first place?
If gets() is so bad, why was it ever used at any point?
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Good topic for discussion, but it is already discussed on the main site extensively:
p.s. I have recently started learning C from K&R and stumbled upon gets() and its infamous history.
