On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 16:40:17 -0400, Michael Dinowitz
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> 0 alone is a number. 0 after 1 is the number 10. 021 is the number 21. This is how it is in all programming languages.

<pedant>
In some programming languages (C, C++ and others in that family), 021
means 21 OCTAL which is 17 decimal.
</pedant>
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