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Revision as of 09:57, 8 July 2011 (view source) rosettacode>Markhobley (The examples look ok to me.) ← Older edit		Revision as of 23:24, 8 July 2011 (view source) rosettacode>Ledrug (point is not point) Newer edit →
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	I'm not sure why the examples are marked as incorrect. They look ok to me, but I am not an expert on those languages, (and I have not tested them for operation). [[User:Markhobley\|Markhobley]] 09:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC)		I'm not sure why the examples are marked as incorrect. They look ok to me, but I am not an expert on those languages, (and I have not tested them for operation). [[User:Markhobley\|Markhobley]] 09:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
			:Because both are using the "point" as in 1/72 of an inch, which decidedly is not the same as a smallest possible ink smudge. It is much more reasonable to do on a modern printer, because determining the smallest dot size of a printer reliably and portably is nontrivial, and printer languages such as PS and PCL exist precisely so people don't need to worry about this kind of things -- but, that's not what your task asks for. --[[User:Ledrug\|Ledrug]] 23:24, 8 July 2011 (UTC)