On 29/09/2021 12.21, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 9:10 AM <2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com> wrote: >> >> On 2021-09-29 at 11:38:22 +1300, >> dn via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: >> >>> For those of us who remember/can compute in binary, octal, hex, or >>> decimal as-needed: >>> Why do programmers confuse All Hallows'/Halloween for Christmas Day? >> >> That one is also very old. (Yes, I know the answer. No, I will not >> spoil it for those who might not.) What do I have to do to gain the >> insight necessary to have discovered that question and answer on my own? > > You'd have to be highly familiar with numbers in different notations, > to the extent that you automatically read 65 and 0x41 as the same > number. Or, even better, to be able to read off a hex dump and see E8 > 03 and instantly read it as "1,000 little-endian".
Now, now, young-Chris, make way for those of us who are qualified to carry walking-sticks! ...or see "C1" and recognise that also to represent an "A"? To continue, to the bit-ter end: Sometimes I think you are a bit too much - said the 0 to the 1. If I hold up two fingers, am I insulting you, or asking for three of something? Programming in Java is the process of converting source code into core dumps. and, the Dijkstra quotation: "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in" -- Regards, =dn -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
