From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3132fa2f1b036425 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-03 04:52:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!not-for-mail From: Peter Hermann Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: number_base Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:52:58 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Message-ID: References: <20619edc.0310311026.3a580ad4@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de X-Trace: news.uni-stuttgart.de 1067863978 7955 129.69.118.70 (3 Nov 2003 12:52:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.uni-stuttgart.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:52:58 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.12-20020311 ("Toxicity") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.21-cd-586-xfs (i686)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1967 Date: 2003-11-03T12:52:58+00:00 List-Id: Mike Silva wrote: > Peter Hermann wrote in message news:... >> because of an immense practical value in data processing >> I would like to have an enlargement of the number_base > What are some examples of the practical value of number bases greater than 16? > Mike quite a lot of ASCII-encoding/decoding purposes. There are many examples, e.g. in GPS and moving map usage etc. . Only two of them: e.g. look at *.igc-files of e.g. http://www.segelflugszene.de/olcphp/olc-i.php?olc=olc-i or look at time6stamp of http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/adapilotresources/basic_tools/calenday.ads -- --Peter Hermann(49)0711-685-3611 fax3758 ica2ph@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de --Pfaffenwaldring 27 Raum 114, D-70569 Stuttgart Uni Computeranwendungen --http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/ --Team Ada: "C'mon people let the world begin" (Paul McCartney)