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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no 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 06:34:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada 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> Subject: Re: PL/I outflanks Fortran X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:34:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.181.168 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1048170844 141.157.181.168 (Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:34:04 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:34:04 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35565 Date: 2003-03-20T14:34:04+00:00 List-Id: "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).