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|    Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All    |
|    Re: Number Literal Syntax    |
|    24 Feb 24 21:13:53    |
      From: ldo@nz.invalid              On Sat, 24 Feb 24 09:17:51 +0000, m_b_metcalf wrote:              > Well, whatever the merits of this may be, I don't believe that, back in       > the mid-1980s when Fortran 90 was more-or-less defined, there was any       > 'convention' to follow.              Ada was probably the language that pioneered it.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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