Programming Challenge Numbers to Text?

[Shane Hathaway]

Levi Pearson wrote:
> That is essentially equivalent to the following C-ish code:
> 
> fprintf(stdout, "%r\n%r\n%r\n%r\n%r\n", 1, 15, 91283, 4918239,  
> 2147483947);

Ok, I should have noticed that.

> You sound very obtuse to me, and I would consider your comment a mark  
> against you.

I don't think I sound obtuse, although I'm sure I sound dense. ;-)

Still, the fact that it's a language feature rather than a library 
function looks like a mistake to me.

Shane