purtill@petrus.UUCP (Mark Purtill) (08/01/86)
<oink!> One thing that C could use (especially the stdio library, which is what got me thinking about this) is better handling of binary numbers. It would be nice to type 0b10 (like 0x... and 0...) for 2, and to be able to say printf( "%16b", binary_number) instead of printf( "%16s", function_to_format_binary_numbers( binary_number)). I don't think this is something that should be put in the ANSI standard, but maybe for P (or D.) Can anyone in netland come up with a reason why this is a bad idea (aside from issues of language size, please.)? mark purtill (201) 829-5127 ^.-.^ Arpa: purtill@bellcore.com 435 south st 2H-307 ((")) Uucp: ihnp4!bellcore!purtill morristown nj 07960