Re: [boost] Thoughts on Roman numbers

From: Dave Harris (brangdon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-27 09:47:32

In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20021026134742.0234abe0_at_[hidden]>
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:51:44 -0400 Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden]) wrote:
> 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.

Certainly they are useful. My employers have some code for printing roman 
numerals. It is used for formatting page numbers and the like. (As I 
recall, it supports the following formats for numbers: 1,2,3,4; a,b,c,d; 
A,B,C,D; i,ii,iii,iv; I,II,III,IV.)

-- Dave Harris