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Perhaps it is a stretch, but I'd say that printf() is a good example of
the type of thinking done by the original Unix folks.  Seeing how other
people didn't learn that lesson kind of underscores the good engineering
done at Bell Labs.

On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 04:11:02PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> How is discussing Python's output options related to the history of Unix?
> 
> 	Noel

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