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From: Wes Groleau <groleau@freeshell.org>
Subject: Re: number_base
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:43:41 -0500
Date: 2003-11-03T22:43:41-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7u-dnQyIyYemvTqiRVn-tA@gbronline.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F_vpb.711$%7.278@nwrdny01.gnilink.net>

Frank J. Lhota wrote:
> Speaking of the ancients, should Ada be extended to support Roman numerals?
> Why can't I print 2003 as "MMIII"?

Because MI is not allowed in Ada.

-- 
Wes Groleau
When all you have is a perl, everything looks like a string.




  reply	other threads:[~2003-11-04  3:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-30 10:10 number_base Peter Hermann
2003-10-30 19:11 ` number_base Frank J. Lhota
2003-10-31 12:45   ` number_base Peter Hermann
2003-10-31 13:12   ` number_base Martin Dowie
2003-10-31 20:58   ` number_base Dmytry Lavrov
2003-11-03 10:32     ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-11-03 10:33       ` number_base Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-11-03 17:11     ` number_base Frank J. Lhota
2003-11-04  3:43       ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2003-11-04 10:59       ` number_base Preben Randhol
2003-11-04 13:32         ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-11-04 14:13           ` number_base Preben Randhol
2003-11-04 14:33             ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-10-31 18:26 ` number_base Mike Silva
2003-11-03 10:22   ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-11-03 12:52   ` number_base Peter Hermann
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2003-10-30 16:16 number_base amado.alves
2003-10-30 23:27 ` number_base Randy Brukardt
2003-10-31  8:29   ` number_base Marius Amado Alves
2003-10-31 13:18   ` number_base Peter Hermann
2003-10-31 15:15     ` number_base Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-10-31 16:28       ` number_base Peter Hermann
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