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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Programming Context
Date: 25 Apr 2024 02:02:20 GMT
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:18:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:40:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
> 
>> Every program I've used call it left/right justification.
> 
> No idea what kind of programs you’ve used, then. The proper term is
> “left/
> right alignment”.

I think of alignment more in the context of string formatting where you'er 
specifying a field width and whether the first character will be at the 
beginning of the field or the last character will be at the end of the 
field with leading space padding if necessary.