input record sepArator (equivalent of "$|" of perl)

[Steve Holden]

Andrew Dalke wrote:

> Mike Meyer:
> 
>>Trivia question: Name the second most powerfull country on earth not
>>using the metric system for everything.
> 
> 
> The UK?
> 
> Before going there I thought they were a fully metric country.
> But I saw weather reports in degrees F, distances in yards
> and miles, and of course pints of beer.
> 
> 				Andrew
> 				dalke at dalkescientific.com
> 
Plus the builders quite routinely ask suppliers for things like "a meter 
of two (inches) by four (inches)". They don;t care that they're getting 
the closest metric equivalent, to them a 2 x 4 is still a 2 x 4.

regards
  Steve
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