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Re: I need to vent some steam

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Malcolm McLean wrote:
> On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 1:34:51 PM UTC, Richard Damon wrote:
>>
>> The printf family is a monster, it can pull in a lot of library code (like the
>> floating point library, though some platforms will allow you to use a
>> downgraded version that omits floating point).
>>
> You needs %s and %d, maybe the odd %c, if the program isn't going to report
> numerical results to the user. That's easy enough to write in a medium-length
> function. If you support all the flags, widths, and do a really solid job on
> floating point, it turns into quite a task.

I concur.  I've often used a stripped down version of printf in resource 
constrained environments.  Start with little more than a puts wrapper 
and only add the comparisons the project needs.  Such projects seldom 
use floating point.

-- 
Ian Collins

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I need to vent some steam Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@geostat.dk> - 2015-03-05 17:01 +0100
  Re: I need to vent some steam Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-03-05 10:32 -0600
  Re: I need to vent some steam Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-05 17:04 +0000
    Re: I need to vent some steam Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-03-05 17:42 +0000
    Re: I need to vent some steam glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-05 19:16 +0000
      Re: I need to vent some steam jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2015-03-05 20:47 +0100
    Re: I need to vent some steam Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@geostat.dk> - 2015-03-05 20:52 +0100
    Re: I need to vent some steam Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-05 22:20 +0000
  Re: I need to vent some steam Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-03-05 17:51 +0000
  Re: I need to vent some steam Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-05 22:20 +0000
  Re: I need to vent some steam Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-05 23:14 -0800
    Re: I need to vent some steam Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-06 10:41 +0000
      Re: I need to vent some steam Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-06 08:03 -0800
        Re: I need to vent some steam Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-06 16:50 +0000
          Re: I need to vent some steam Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-03-06 15:32 -0800
          Re: I need to vent some steam Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2015-03-07 07:59 -0800
            Re: I need to vent some steam Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-07 16:22 -0800
              Re: I need to vent some steam James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-07 19:45 -0500
                Re: I need to vent some steam Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-07 17:21 -0800
                Re: I need to vent some steam Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-08 10:29 +0000
                Re: I need to vent some steam Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-08 13:37 -0700
          Re: I need to vent some steam Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-07 16:20 -0800
        Re: I need to vent some steam Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@geostat.dk> - 2015-03-06 17:54 +0100
          Re: I need to vent some steam Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-06 09:58 -0800
    Re: I need to vent some steam Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-03-07 02:29 -0600
      Re: I need to vent some steam Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-03-07 11:01 +0000
      Re: I need to vent some steam Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-24 10:46 -0700
  Re: I need to vent some steam Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-03-06 08:34 -0500
    Re: I need to vent some steam Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-03-06 08:17 -0600
      Re: I need to vent some steam Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-06 08:02 -0800
      Re: I need to vent some steam Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-03-06 22:38 -0500
    Re: I need to vent some steam Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-03-06 15:44 -0800
      Re: I need to vent some steam Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-07 13:35 +1300
  Re: I need to vent some steam Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-07 07:42 +1300
  Re: I need to vent some steam raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-06 22:51 +0000
  Re: I need to vent some steam Michael Angelo Ravera <maravera@prodigy.net> - 2015-03-06 16:48 -0800
  Re: I need to vent some steam Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-09 08:52 -0700
    Re: I need to vent some steam Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@geostat.dk> - 2015-03-09 21:11 +0100
      Re: I need to vent some steam Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-09 20:16 +0000
        Re: I need to vent some steam Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@geostat.dk> - 2015-03-09 21:38 +0100
          Re: I need to vent some steam Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-09 20:54 +0000
            Re: I need to vent some steam David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-10 09:02 +0100
              Re: I need to vent some steam Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-10 05:34 -0500
        Re: I need to vent some steam Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-09 19:15 -0500
      Re: I need to vent some steam Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-10 07:55 -0700

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