On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 08:54:25PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Check out perl formats. > > Great suggestion, it's a shame the user has (since) ruled out Perl. > Hardly anyone seems to discuss perl formats anymore ☺ >
I think most people prefer printf formatting vs formats. I think you'll even find some in the perl community that think formats ended up being a bad idea (something stuck in a real long time ago - ~20 years ago now probably - that can't be removed). Ask on irc if you're interrested. printf is pretty portable and I've only seen perl formats in code once or twice and never used them. FWIW. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cah_obicdjs2v+3ilthvryghmkwbcs1qor-0s6bbw+mayg8d...@mail.gmail.com
