Cameron Laird wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Mensanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Oct 29, 2:44 pm, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Guilherme Polo wrote: >>>> On 10/29/08, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> hello, >>>>> Why gives "k = 09" a syntax error ? >>>> 09 is not a valid octal number. Instead use 011. >>>> Ok, I guess you were not aware that prefixing a number with a '0' >>>> would cause python to parse it as an octal and now you know. >>> thanks guys, >>> I didn't realize there were still people using octal notation ;-) >> Windows users don't have much need for it, but it's still >> popular with the 'Nix crowd. > . > . > . > I contest that; my observation is that it's entirely an artifact > of legacy software, and regarded as no better than a distraction > by even the most narrow human 'Nixers, or the hardware types who > might at one time have found octal natural. My own origins were > in hardware, Unix, and other DEC OSs, so I consider myself as > likely as anyone to think in octal--and I rarely do. > > While I can't accept the "popular" part, I agree with you that > Unix people are at least more likely to recognize the 0-prefix. > They are also more likely to write
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