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Re: Coding Style Question - Is there any sane reason for doing this?

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On 1/12/12 5:40 AM, Nick Keighley wrote:
> On Jan 10, 3:31 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach"<alf.p.steinbach
> +use...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I've used both in the past. Hex is more compact and fits better to 8,
> 16 and 32 bit quantities. But i suspect you know this.

Never try to play Blackjack when you have been working in octal for 3 
years. It can mess with the math. Balancing a checkbook can get a little 
dicey too.



-- 
Dave Scruggs

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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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