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Re^3: When I see "10", I think:

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Feb 02, 2012 at 21:11 UTC ( [id://951533]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: When I see "10", I think:
in thread When I see "10", I think:

Are we done with octal?

I've been done by octal too many times :)

I hate that most programming languages insist on interpreting numbers with leading xeros as octal.

Personally, I've never seen any utility in octal that wasn't better served by hex.


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The start of some sanity?

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Re^4: When I see "10", I think:
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2012 at 17:03 UTC

    What about file permissions?

Re^4: When I see "10", I think:
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 02, 2013 at 16:05 UTC

    Using octal for 16-bit values is that it isolates bit 15 nicely.

    FFFF(hex) = 177777(oct) 8000(hex) = 100000(oct) 7FFF(hex) = 077777(oct) 0000(hex) = 000000(oct)

      If the left-most hex digit is 8 or higher, the high bit is set.

        Which doesn't help you read the next 15 bits.

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