Python is Considered Harmful

[Heather Coppersmith]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:35:25 GMT,
Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:

> Do you mean, implicitly using base 13?  I know of no programming
> language that lets you set the number base to be used for
> literals (except presumably ones with particularly 'powerful'
> macros...?-) and I hope I never have to contend with one.

Lisp, through the variable *read-base*.  It's handy if you already
have data (e.g., in a file generated by someone else) in a non-10
base.

Regards,
Heather

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Heather Coppersmith
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