Re: Leading zeros with Int_IO.Put()? Or another package?

[kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <dewar.848841884@merv>, dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> Fregus refers to
> 
> "Still, that's not going to look good if your 131-column printouts now
> become 133 columns wide, forcing either wrap or truncation when you try
> to print them on a standard 132-column printer."
> 
> 
> That's good for a laugh -- hands up all those programmers who interact
> with "standard 132-column printers" any more. For those who do, I guess
> you must still punch your programs on 80-column cards???

While few have their source limited to emulation of 80-column cards,
even printers capable of arbitrary graphics (e.g., Postscript) are
often fed by spooling and queueing programs which emulate a certain
width (132 being one popular number).  The more expensive the printer,
the greater the likelihood that it is treated as a "production" device,
with spooling and queueing controlled by system administrators rather
than individual programmers.

Larry Kilgallen