[javajosh]

>A developer from 02000 transported forward to now would be totally lost in those 15 out of 19.

Don't you mean "015 out of 019"?

[kragen]

But 9 is not a valid octal digit since ANSI C.

[kortex]

"02000" is a "long now" thing, not octal. Thinking about the next 10,000 years and ald that.

https://longnow.org/

[tannhaeuser]

It's just another unnecessary byte to transfer; or more, in fact, due to the inevitable wtfs and octal comments.