binary constants (??)

Tom Neff tneff at bfmny0.UU.NET
Tue Nov 21 16:33:04 AEST 1989


Remember that for many purposes, you can use octal "bits" instead of
true binary.  Only when bit space is crucial does it matter.

I agree 0bNNNNN would have been nice, however, and I sure wish X3J11
had taken time off from rabbinical hairsplitting to add it.  Ah well.
-- 
'We have luck only with women -- not spacecraft!'     \\  Tom Neff
 -- R. Kremnev, builder of failed Soviet FOBOS probes //  tneff at bfmny0.UU.NET



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