onding C feature.
    However, it is also largely different, simpler, and yet more powerful:
    the formatted input functions are higher-order functionals and the
    parameter passing mechanism is just the regular function application not
    the variable assignment based mechanism which is typical for formatted
    input in imperative languages; the OCaml format strings also feature
    useful additions to easily define complex tokens; as expected within a
    functional programming language, the formatt