On Monday 07 June 2010 02:55:52 pm John H. Jenkins wrote:
> For me, the biggest advantage for octal is that you can still count easily
> on your fingers. (And yes, I do count on my fingers. I also still use a
> slide rule and have been known to do long division in Roman numerals.)
I
I, too, have a considerable affection for octal; and can add, subtract,
multiply, and (with a bit of effort) divide in octal.
Sadly, octal is an inferior choice to hexadecimal on octet-oriented
machines. So, until the day comes when the world comes to its senses and
recognizes that the nonet is
For me, the biggest advantage for octal is that you can still count easily on
your fingers. (And yes, I do count on my fingers. I also still use a slide
rule and have been known to do long division in Roman numerals.)
On Jun 5, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Jonathan Rosenne wrote:
> When I star
When I started using computers we used octal, so I suggest new characters
for the octal digits "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7".
BTW, octal has all the benefits claimed for hexadecimal with the
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