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by kragen 1356 days ago
But 9 is not a valid octal digit since ANSI C.
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kortex 1356 days ago
"02000" is a "long now" thing, not octal. Thinking about the next 10,000 years and ald that.

https://longnow.org/

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tannhaeuser 1356 days ago
It's just another unnecessary byte to transfer; or more, in fact, due to the inevitable wtfs and octal comments.
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