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From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-26 12:51:44


At 02:42 AM 10/25/02, Daryle Walker wrote:

>As another poster on this subject has said, Roman numbers don't have
>different math rules, they are just a different external representation
>of natural numbers. This suggests that the place for new code is in
>the I/O system! We'll use a special locale with custom facets.

Boost libraries shouldn't always be dead serious. There should be a place
for fun libraries too. They can be useful, too, and often make good
teaching examples.

I hope those interested in Roman Numerals continue to work on the problem,
and come up with a nice little library for Boost!

--Beman


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