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From: aeb@turing.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: modification to /usr/src/lib/libc/vax/stdio/doprnt.s
Message-ID: <229@turing.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 08:56:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 08:56:28 1984
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Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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A long time ago I changed printf in V6 to accept %b for binary output.
Not only electrical engineers but also people doing design theory or
coding theory have a frequent need for (zero padded) binary output.
-- 
      Andries Brouwer -- CWI, Amsterdam -- {philabs,decvax}!mcvax!aeb