Flushing of cout prior to reading input using cin .. why?

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Published on 2010-04-24T14:14:07Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 14:23 UTC
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Why does cout has to be flushed before cin starts reading? Aren't they of different buffer? I can have reading of input into a buffer while same time putting it on output buffer (before flushing) .. 2 different buffers. I am confused here.

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