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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
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Subject: Re: New Software Forum
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 09:57:03 -0700
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Preben Randhol wrote:

> I find myself always using 'Image as I don't bother with the hazzel of
> remembering to with Float_IO, Integer_IO etc... so 'Image is faster. :-)

The problem with 'Image is that you get scientific notation for
floating point, and spaces in front of integers, and have no way
to present the data in upper and lower case for enumerated
types.

Richard Riehle