python 3.3 repr

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Zero Piraeus <z at etiol.net> wrote:
> :
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 10:32:54AM -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
>> Anybody remember RAD-50?  It let you represent a 6-character filename
>> (plus a 3-character extension) in a 16 bit word.  RT-11 used it, not
>> sure if it showed up anywhere else.
>
> Presumably 16 is a typo, but I just had a moderate amount of fun
> envisaging how that might work: if the characters were restricted to
> vowels, then 5**6 < 2**14, giving a couple of bits left over for a
> choice of four preset "three-character" extensions.
>
> I can't say that AEIOUA.EX1 looks particularly appealing, though ...

Looks like it might be this scheme:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Radix-50

36-bit word for a 6-char filename, but there was also a 16-bit
variant. I do like that filename scheme you describe, though it would
tend to produce names that would suit virulent diseases.

ChrisA