On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 04:14:17PM +0200, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > 2^10 (1024) is roughly 10^3, so 2^4 x 2^10 is roughly 16 thousand. If you > can't remember the power of two nearest to 16,000, you might have to work out > 16x24 and add it on - 240 plus 12x12. > > It's a slightly odd question, i suppose, but not exactly hard. Perhaps i'm an > old fart, but I'd expect most programmers to be able to answer that almost > without pausing for breath.
If hexadecimal is acceptable, then I could answer 0x4000 straight away. In decimal, I'd have to figger it out, as 65536 / 2 / 2. But who uses decimal for constants like that? -- David Cantrell | Hero of the Information Age Irregular English: ladies glow; gentlemen perspire; brutes, oafs and athletes sweat