On Sat, 14 Aug 1999 ss_at_allegro.com wrote:
> > > > 4 5 8 C W R
> > > > 3 6 9 D P D
> > > > 2 7 A E L S
> > > > 1 0 B F X B
> > > > -------------- ------
> > >
> > > Hmmmm... kinda neat if you're programming in Octal all the time...
> > > then the layout gets almost, dare I use the word: 'ergonomic'.....?
> >
> > Aha! That makes perfect sense. Good eye.
>
> Well, it might if either the 4/3/2/1 and the 5/6/7/0 columns were in the
> same order. ... but ... what's that 0 doing "after" the 7? In short,
> I don't see it is vaguely appropriate for octal, either :)
Decimal: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
Octal: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11...
Get it?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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Received on Sun Aug 15 1999 - 02:03:14 BST