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: 103376,8a2a8de919fd29da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-20 10:13:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: those who know me have no need of my name Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: PL/I outflanks Fortran Date: 20 Mar 2003 18:13:04 GMT Organization: earthfriends Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.090017 (Oort Gnus v0.17) XEmacs/21.4 (Military Intelligence, linux) References: <2Q_ca.1611$dE2.3935@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> <64050551.0303180643.7901fb94@posting.google.com> <3e77364f$0$24810$91cee783@newsreader02.highway.telekom.at> <3E78B30E.7C37E27E@adaworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35574 Date: 2003-03-20T18:13:04+00:00 List-Id: in comp.lang.ada i read: >"those who know me have no need of my name" >wrote in message news:m1d6kn8334.gnus@usa.net... >> > Put (Item => D, Base => 16); >> > >> > where the base parameter can be any value from 2 through 16 >> >> seems fairly restrictive given the well defined conventions for bases >> through 36. > >Have you actually had the need to read / write numbers in any base in the >range 17 .. 36? For that matter, how many non-recreational software projects >really have a need for a number base other than 2, 8, 10, or 16? (Pretty >soon, I should be able to drop 8 from that list). i'm not sure it matters whether i find it useful, after all you find only 4 out of 15 to be useful. i.e., that there is little common use for e.g base 9 did not prevent the language designers from providing for it, so why not the entire well defined range? -- bringing you boring signatures for 17 years