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Aaron2222
621 days ago
I count 7 octal digits per row. Any reason it's 7 instead of 6 (7×3 = 21 whereas 6×3 = 18 which is still greater than 16)?
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lpribis
621 days ago
Maybe the zero digit prefix is retained to signify octal base (C style)?
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Aaron2222
620 days ago
That would make sense.
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