From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-08 03:50:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Commenting code Message-ID: <7rCjVOAR5Xa5@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <3B1E1452.BAFAAB7F@baesystems.com> <3B1E4B93.7FB8A94D@lmtas.lmco.com> <3B1F3704.C7E0D03A@brighton.ac.uk> <3B202E17.7C728B66@brighton.ac.uk> <5sf0itoauh0fi1nvq4ll5ljmh3u4fjope1@4ax.com> <4up0itohqg0clnug35c9oqped1jra5hn4Organization: LJK Software Date: 8 Jun 2001 06:50:33 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 991997437 216.44.122.34 (Fri, 08 Jun 2001 10:50:37 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 10:50:37 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8392 comp.lang.awk:2889 comp.lang.clarion:21421 comp.lang.java.programmer:74690 comp.lang.pl1:895 comp.lang.vrml:3633 Date: 2001-06-08T06:50:33-05:00 List-Id: In article <4up0itohqg0clnug35c9oqped1jra5hn4d@4ax.com>, Roedy Green writes: > On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 03:10:53 GMT, Roedy Green > wrote or quoted : > >>ZipPlus5 would be >>instantly familiar to any American bean counting programming team. > > oops. Egg on face here. ZipPlus4. An American Zip is two zero padded > ints 5+4 separated by a dash unless the second part is missing. eg. > 90210-1234. > > I'm surprised there are not yet standard class libraries for display, > keyin and validation of Zips and other business objects with some sort > of mechanism to automatically refresh the lookup tables from the net. This vendor offers to sell source and database, since you wanted someone else to do the implementation: http://www.speedkeys.com/index.htm If you are morally opposed to paying money for people's work product, you could ask the Post Office what their business arrangements are for providing the information directly to you.