steve (04/01/83)
Recently, I had a bit of antiquity in C pointed out to me by a new C user. The White book, on page 35, states that "an arbitrary byte-sized bit pattern can be generated by writing '\ddd' where ddd is one to three OCTAL digits...". Hmmmm, seems octal is reminiscent of PDP-11 series addressing, etc. Couldn't it be time to also allow the use of HEX, too???? It is often easier to use with these new-fangled super-micros(micro-minis??). I know, I know, anybody who has been programming for a while should be able to switch bases in their sleep. (Re. real programmers in net.jokes). But it is an interesting thought for the next generation of UNIX from Bell, etc. (SYSTEM 7???) What do y'all think??? - steve sdcsvax!bmcg!steve sdcrdcf!bmcg!steve