Re: [DTC PATCH] Add support for decimal, octal and binary based cell values.
From: Segher Boessenkool <hidden>
Date: 2007-02-16 10:21:26
Why do we need yet another syntax? Everyone else, including most silicon documentation, uses the standard "C" syntax 0x for hex, 0 for octal, and nothing for decimal.
[Completely off-topic]
You're joking, right? Many docs use 1234h for hex and
1011b for binary; or $1234 for hex and %1011 for binary;
or x'1234 and b'1011; or 1234_{(16)} and 1011_{(2)} (TeX
notation -- base as decimal in a parenthesised subscript);
etc. etc. etc.
Almost all computer languages use something more sane
than the C-family stuff too (esp. the dreaded "0 is
octal" thing is not exactly great).
Anyway, really off-topic :-)
Segher