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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:24:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:36:58 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

> PL/I got PICTURE  from COBOL. I’m really surprised no other language has
> picked this up, it’s so handy.

It’s a dumb idea because it conflates input/output formatting with 
internal representation.