binary constants (??)

[Peter da Silva]

While you're being silly, Doug, you could have pointed out that 0rXXXXX is
used for Roman numerals in the Olivetti Frobozz-1 C Compiler, revision
buggywhip-7 or later.

Seriously, binary would be a stunningly cheap innovation. Generalised bases
is a neat idea, and the XXrYYYY syntax is easily the best suggested so
far.
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