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   "Martin B." <0xCDCDCDCD@gmx.at> spake the secret code   
    thusly:   
      
   >When reading it today it also shows how over-complicated iostreams is in   
   >most everything it does. When I look at this from 2014, I just can't   
   >stop shaking my head.   
      
   When I read it, I too wondered if we couldn't achieve the same goals   
   with something simpler.   
      
   The practical consequence of it's design is that people point to   
   (f)printf() being significantly faster than operator<< on a stream,   
   for the case where (f)printf and operator<< should yield the same   
   output (i.e. there is no localization to a locale other than the "C"   
   locale and there is no code point conversion going on).   
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