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Subject: Re: Real Time IO routines answering Simon Wright part 2
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On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 20:08 +0000, anon wrote:

> Leaving you with the idea. Which would you per to look at or read for 8 
> hours a day:
> 
> This " 11938588250.273822028"   or this "250.273" for relative 
> information. 

Numbers should only be printed 500'123.45 
as every veteran Swiss mountaineer knows.

I'm	almost	certain	that	even	a	tab	junkie
would	allow	students	to	print	running	times
without	going	into	layman	psychology	of	perception
so	aptly	provided	by	the	design	of
Ada.Text_IO.Float_IO.


GNAT's non-standard 'Img was made for quick trace outputs.