On 2015-04-07 16:05, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2015-04-07, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:36 AM, <jonas.thornv...@gmail.com> wrote:
Integers are internally assumed to be base 10 otherwise you could not
calculate without giving the base.
All operations on integers addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division assume base 10.
You misunderstand how computers and programming languages work. What
you're seeing there is that *integer literals* are usually in base
10; and actually, I can point to plenty of assembly languages where
the default isn't base 10 (it's usually base 16 (hexadecimal) on IBM
PCs, and probably base 8 (octal) on big iron).
I'd be curious to see some of those assemblers. I've used dozens of
assemblers over the years for everything from microprocessors with a
few hundred bytes of memory to mini-computers and mainframes. I've
never seen one that didn't default to base 10 for integer literals.
I'm not saying they don't exist, just that it would be interesting to
see an example of one.
I have a book called "Choosing and using 4 Bit Microcontrollers" by
Philip McDowell. In it is an example assembly listing for an OKI 6351
microcontroller that uses unadorned hexadecimal literals.
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