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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: binary constants (??)
Keywords: macro, constant, binary
Message-ID: <7157@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 30 Nov 89 18:08:24 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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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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