> come from other languages According to Wikipedia[1] the history of string formatting goes back to 1950s. Also, basically every major programming language the

> come from other languages According to Wikipedia[1] the history of string formatting goes back to 1950s. Also, basically every major programming language these days implements it in some form. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf > senior python developers > great for gatekeeping and job security Ah, okay, it's just a troll.