If I had a dollar for every time I've hit the MSDN documentation on .NET string formatting options, I wouldn't have to work anymore. It's one of those things t

If I had a dollar for every time I've hit the MSDN documentation on .NET string formatting options, I wouldn't have to work anymore. It's one of those things that I can't keep in my head, and have to go read the docs, try it out a few times in LinqPad, swear at something, then read the docs again. Almost like regular expressions. Something to do with embedding a stringly-typed super-terse DSL breeds these problems. I can't help but think this is another one of those holdovers from the bad old days of tiny main memory and 80-char wide displays that we're still beholden to out of inertia.