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There are two serious, and several trivial, typos in Table 4. Below is a correct version,
with the formerly erroneous aspects highlighted in red.
Table 4
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Streams
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IOStreams
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Boost.Format
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Loki.SafeFormat
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FastFormat.Write
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FastFormat.Format
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Robustness (type-safety)
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very low
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medium
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medium
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medium
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100%
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100%
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Robustness (format)
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very low
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n/a
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high
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low
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n/a
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high
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Robustness (atomicity)
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yes
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no
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no
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no
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yes
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yes
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Flexibility (sink)
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medium
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high
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high
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high
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high
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high
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Flexibility (format)
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low
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n/a
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medium
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medium
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n/a
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high
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Flexibility (arguments)
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low
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high
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high
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low
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very high
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very high
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Redefines operator semantics
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no
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yes
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yes
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no
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no
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no
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Expressiveness (types)
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Built-in types: high
UDTs: n/a
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high
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high
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Built-in types: high
UDTs: n/a
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high
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high
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Expressiveness (width/alignment)
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medium
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low
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very high
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medium
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n/a
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high
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Expressiveness (special formatting)
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Built-in types: high
UDTs: n/a
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low
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very high
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Built-in types: high
UDTs: n/a
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n/a
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low
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I18N/L10N (conversions)
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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currently incomplete
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currently incomplete
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I18N/L10N (ordering)
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no
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no
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yes
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no
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n/a
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yes
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Portability
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~100% (standard)
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~100% (standard)
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high
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high
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medium currently; high possible
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medium currently; high possible
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Modularity (dependencies)
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~100% (standard)
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~100% (standard)
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relies only on Boost
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relies only on Loki
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relies on STLSoft
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relies on STLSoft
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Modularity (interoperability)
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high
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medium
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low
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high
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very high
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very high
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Efficiency
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high
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medium
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low
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high
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very high
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very high
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