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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: code for 32/64 bit strtoul strtol strtoull strtoll
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:11:57 -0700
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 31/03/15 19:22, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>> On 2015-03-31, Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:
>>> On 31/03/15 16:06, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>> Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>>>> On 31/03/2015 07:44, Robert Wessel wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>>> The base may be any (integer) value 2..36.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like ridiculous over-specification to me, because if you're
>>>>> going to allow base 36, why not 136? Bases in the range 2 to 16 are
>>>>> very common and useful; above 16 aren't.
>>>>
>>>> Base 7 is common and useful?
>>>
>>> Um, yes (up to a point).
>>>
>>> Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
>>>
>>> (Admittedly its use runs out right about here.)
>>
>> That is not "base 7", but a modulo 7 congruence.
>>
>> Base 7 means we have a representation of integers based on powers
>> of 7. Thus we make use of 49, 343, ....
>
> Yeah, there's a limit to how far you can stretch a joke before it
> snaps in two.

Or in seven.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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