On 2010-02-10, sstein...@gmail.com <sstein...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 10, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> On 2010-02-10, pyt...@bdurham.com <pyt...@bdurham.com> wrote:
>>
>> [regardning "picture" output format specifiers]
>>
>>> I was thinking that there was a built-in function for this
>>> common(?) use case
>>
>> I haven't seen that paradigm since my one-and-only exposure to
>> COBOL in a class I took back in 1979. Is the "picture" thing
>> commonly used in other places than COBOL?
>
> Seriously?
Seriously.
> I've seen it in dozens places other than COBOL over the years
> in everything from templating languages to report generators,
> to built-in support in a variety of languages (dBASE II
> anyone?).
>
> Haven't you ever had to get a e.g. a phone number or social
> security number from user input?
Nope. I guess it's specific to certain application areas. I've
never done any database type stuff. I do mostly embedded,
device drivers, networking/protocols, industrial automation,
Unix system admin/automation, and scientific visualization.
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