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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Thomas Koenig   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   05 Feb 26 09:14:05   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 07:23:41 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   > Parsers are a field where Fortran does not shine, although   
   > allocatable characters have made this much easier.   
      
   On a *nix system, it is usual to delegate common janitorial tasks   
   (like parsing) to open-source libraries that already handle such jobs.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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