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On 6/20/25 4:00 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:36:57 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> 
>> Programmers use base-16.
> 
> And 2, 8, and 10.  ARM processors are bringing bit twiddling back into
> style.

   I always did a lot of that ... microcontrollers with
   SMALL ram/flash, mostly for field data-loggers. Had
   to SQUEEZE, take advantage of every byte and bit.