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Nice read but I don't get, and maybe someone here knows; > 9(3) is shorthand for 999 I did some cobol work in the past and know 9(3) but you can write 999? An
by anonzzzies 1y ago
Nice read but I don't get, and maybe someone here knows;
> 9(3) is shorthand for 999
I did some cobol work in the past and know 9(3) but you can write 999? And how is 4 chars shorthand for 3?
- nine_k 1y agoI think it's uniformity. You have 9(n) all over the place, and only pay attention to the number in parentheses. It's more error-prone to count repeating characters, and it's easier (to me) to notice a typo in the form 9(4) instead of 9(3) than 9999 instead of 999.