On 2002-10-26 at 18:10:39, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > > If one were going to generalize that, one would be tempted to go the Ada > > > route of specifying the radix explicitly: Ada and others . . . ksh uses the # for this (in place of your colon below), and I seem to recall that syntax being borrowed from an older language, but I don't recall which one. (Although ksh does also have the annoying leading-zero-means-octal behavior when there is no explicit radix).
> > > 0123 # decimal > > > 2:0110 # binary > > > 8:123 # octal > > > 16:123 # hex > > > 256:192.168.1.0 # base 256 -- Mark REED | CNN Internet Technology 1 CNN Center Rm SW0831G | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Atlanta, GA 30348 USA | +1 404 827 4754
