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   Michael S to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   26 Jan 26 14:17:46   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++   
   From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:45:41 -0600   
   Lynn McGuire  wrote:   
      
   > On 1/25/2026 7:42 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > > On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:21:27 -0600, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   > >      
   > >> BTW, I don't put commas in my 12 digit printed numbers because I   
   > >> sell 40% of my software outside the USA, just periods.  Shoot,   
   > >> people can't even agree on periods or commas for the fractional   
   > >> part.     
   > >    
   > > This is where you should automatically query the locale settings.     
   >    
   > Yup, only if I had the time.  I am at 15% of converting my Fortran   
   > code to C++.  800,000 lines of Fortran code with 700,000 lines to go.   
   >  I got my input parser on my data reduction software to working in   
   > C++ just last Thursday.   
   >    
   > Lynn   
   >    
      
   How many of your grandchildren are working on this software?   
      
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