21 Sep
2017
21 Sep
'17
4:27 p.m.
Lucas Wiman wrote:
It is inconsistent that you can write hexadecimal integers but not floating point numbers. Consistency in syntax is /fewer/ things to learn, not more.
You still need to learn the details of the hex syntax for floats, though. It's not obvious e.g. that you need to use "p" for the exponent.
-- Greg