From Hacker News:
//http://alan.dipert.org/post/153430634/the-march-of-progress
Comments:
//http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3963541
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The March of Progress
* 1980: C
printf("%10.2f", x);
* 1988: C++
cout << setw(10) << setprecision(2) << showpoint << x;
* 1996: Java
java.text.NumberFormat formatter = java.text.NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(); formatter.setMinimumFractionDigits(2); formatter.setMaximumFractionDigits(2); String s = formatter.format(x); for (int i = s.length(); i < 10; i++) System.out.print(' '); System.out.print(s);
* 2004: Java
System.out.printf("%10.2f", x);
* 2008: Scala and Groovy
printf("%10.2f", x)
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-- xytroxon ;o)