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<blockquote><i>Which doesn't help you read the next 15 bits.</i></blockquote>
<p>That's all you got?
<p>You dig up an old thread to say: <i>"Using octal for 16-bit values is that it isolates bit 15 nicely."</i>
<p>And when you are shown that isolating the high bit in hex is trivial; you then say; "Oh, but it's not about the high bit; its about the other 15".
<p>Were you bored and just came looking for a argument?
<p>Well here it is. Translating hex nibbles to binary is child's play. Every programmer worthy of the name does in their head without thinking.
<p>The advantage over octal is obvious. (hint:byte alignment).
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