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| From | "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? |
| Date | 2012-01-11 08:30 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <9n4vksFqm3U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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"Victor Bazarov" <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:jei61r$onp$1@dont-email.me... > On 1/10/2012 12:14 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: >> "Alf P. Steinbach"<alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> writes: >>> On 10.01.2012 09:30, Nick Keighley wrote: >>>> >>>> scarey thought. There are people writing device drivers that don't >>>> know hex? >>> >>> Why not use octal? Saves you typing an "x". After all, the creators of C >>> were quite happy with octal for expressing low level bit patterns. >>> >>> >> >> Assuming you're not having us on, you can't evenly divide 8, 16, or 32 by >> three. >> >> Octal made sense in the 12-bit and 36-bit worlds from which the creators >> of C >> hailed. > > Are you saying that 040 is more difficult to read than 0x20? Just > checking... > > V > -- > I do not respond to top-posted replies, please don't ask O40 loks like a number, but is not.
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Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? BCFD36 <bcfd36@aol.com> - 2012-01-09 17:11 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 02:23 +0100
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2012-01-10 06:05 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 07:12 +0100
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? BCFD36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2012-01-09 22:35 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 06:58 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-01-10 21:58 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@dd-b.net> - 2012-01-10 16:46 -0600
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-01-10 23:41 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-01-11 00:19 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? "MikeWhy" <boat042-nospam@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-10 21:53 -0600
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-01-11 15:14 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-11 11:46 -0500
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-10 14:30 +1300
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? BCFD36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2012-01-09 21:32 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2012-01-10 01:01 -0600
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? BCFD36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2012-01-09 23:11 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2012-01-11 10:23 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2012-01-11 10:37 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-10 00:30 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 16:31 +0100
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-01-10 17:14 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-10 15:11 -0500
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 21:45 +0100
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? hanukas <jukka@liimatta.org> - 2012-01-11 00:04 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? hanukas <jukka@liimatta.org> - 2012-01-11 00:15 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-01-10 21:51 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> - 2012-01-11 08:30 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? "Fred Zwarts \(KVI\)" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2012-01-11 09:40 +0100
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? hanukas <jukka@liimatta.org> - 2012-01-11 06:50 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-01-11 17:28 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@dd-b.net> - 2012-01-11 13:28 -0600
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-01-11 17:51 +0000
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-12 05:40 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? BCFD36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2012-01-12 20:42 -0800
Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this? hanukas <jukka@liimatta.org> - 2012-01-10 23:50 -0800
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