Task: Just in time processing on a character stream
Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
    "strconv"
    "strings"
)

type userInput struct{ formFeed, lineFeed, tab, space int }

func getUserInput() []userInput {
    h := "0 18 0 0 0 68 0 1 0 100 0 32 0 114 0 45 0 38 0 26 0 16 0 21 0 17 0 59 0 11 " +
        "0 29 0 102 0 0 0 10 0 50 0 39 0 42 0 33 0 50 0 46 0 54 0 76 0 47 0 84 2 28"
    flds := strings.Fields(h)
    var uis []userInput
    var uif [4]int
    for i := 0; i < len(flds); i += 4 {
        for j := 0; j < 4; j++ {
            uif[j], _ = strconv.Atoi(flds[i+j])
        }
        uis = append(uis, userInput{uif[0], uif[1], uif[2], uif[3]})
    }
    return uis
}

func decode(fileName string, uis []userInput) error {
    text, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileName)
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }

    decode2 := func(ui userInput) bool {
        var f, l, t, s int
        for _, c := range text {
            if f == ui.formFeed && l == ui.lineFeed && t == ui.tab && s == ui.space {
                if c == '!' {
                    return false
                }
                fmt.Printf("%c", c)
                return true
            }
            switch c {
            case '\f':
                f++
                l = 0
                t = 0
                s = 0
            case '\n':
                l++
                t = 0
                s = 0
            case '\t':
                t++
                s = 0
            default:
                s++
            }
        }
        return true
    }

    for _, ui := range uis {
        if !decode2(ui) {
            break
        }
    }
    fmt.Println()
    return nil
}

func main() {
    uis := getUserInput()
    err := decode("theRaven.txt", uis)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
}

Python: import sys

class UserInput:
    def __init__(self,chunk):
        self.formFeed = int(chunk[0])
        self.lineFeed = int(chunk[1])
        self.tab = int(chunk[2])
        self.space = int(chunk[3])

    def __str__(self):
        return "(ff=%d; lf=%d; tb=%d; sp%d)" % (self.formFeed,self.lineFeed,self.tab,self.space)

def chunks(l,n):
    for i in xrange(0, len(l), n):
        yield l[i:i+n]

def getUserInput():
    h = "0 18 0 0 0 68 0 1 0 100 0 32 0 114 0 45 0 38 0 26 0 16 0 21 0 17 0 59 0 11 "\
        "0 29 0 102 0 0 0 10 0 50 0 39 0 42 0 33 0 50 0 46 0 54 0 76 0 47 0 84 2 28"
    ha = h.split()
    return [UserInput(chunk) for chunk in chunks(ha, 4)]

def decode(filename,uiList):
    f = open(filename, "r")
    text = f.read()

    def decode2(ui):
        f = 0
        l = 0
        t = 0
        s = 0
        for c in text:
            if f == ui.formFeed and l == ui.lineFeed and t == ui.tab and s == ui.space:
                if c == '!':
                    return False
                sys.stdout.write(c)
                return True
            if c == '\u000c':
                f=f+1
                l=0
                t=0
                s=0
            elif c == '\n':
                l=l+1
                t=0
                s=0
            elif c == '\t':
                t=t+1
                s=0
            else:
                s=s+1
        return False

    for ui in uiList:
        if not decode2(ui):
            break
    print



uiList = getUserInput()
decode("theRaven.txt", uiList)