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		banish-m4 on May 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The curious case of the missing period When you roll your own library duplicating something that likely already exists, you own it all. And that doesn't include all of the vendor-specific nonconforming edge-cases.

marcosdumay on May 22, 2024 [–]

I guess when you roll your own library, you get an obligation to read the introduction of the 10 pages long standard.

Or the usage example.

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