Phone number format/edit

[Jay R. Ashworth]

I'm digging into this issue for another reason, and it occurs to me that
this would be another good place to make this point:

US phone numbers won't be 3-3-4 forever.

This is something that database designers and programmers ought to be
thinking about right now...

Some excellently written thoughts on the matter, in the form of a
proposal for what to do about the problem, are here:

	http://www.lincmad.com/future.html

with the answer to one frequently proposed alternative here:

	http://www.lincmad.com/whynot8.html

Linc's got *lots* of good stuff on his site if the words Area Code are
on your list of turn-ons, and you know whan NANPA means without having
to look it up.

Cheers,
-- jra
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