[Newbies] In Squeak SmallTalk, what can I do to display a number in any hex I want?

Ben Coman btc at openinworld.com
Tue Oct 24 21:06:18 UTC 2017


On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Chris Cunningham <cunningham.cb at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> The only somewhat commonly used bases are 2, 8, 10, 13, and 16, as far
>>> as I know.
>>>
>>> - Bert -​
>>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I haven't run across a reason to use base 13.  What domain was that in?
>> Just curious,
>> cbc
>>
>> The answer is 42.
>
> ;)
>
> - Bert -
>

And Adams swears this was never planned.  Pure co-incidence that it worked
out that way.  Hmmmmmm.....?
cheers -ben
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