Ken Adam wrote: > The point is that the QUESTIONS mean different things. > The OP was asking a simple decimal multiplication question, but seemed > to think that > bytes had to be counted in octal for some reason. > As Francois said - you can use any base you like (as long as you are > consistent). > By convention most of us usually like decimal for this type of > calculation, in which > The simple answer to the OP's question was "No, you do not need to > convert 36 to base 10 > or the answer to base 8". > Pardon me if I misunderstood, but is sounded like the OP thought that > because a byte had > 8 bits, it was counted in base 8 (and hence thought that 36 and the > final answer had to be > in base 8).
That was my take on the question as well. > I agree that the more interesting point is what the purpose of the > calculation actually is. > I've never found a need for such a calculation on a PC (a Pocket PC, or > an embedded system > is a different matter!) I wonder whether there is any topic in programming that results in more confusion than the distinction between a number's value and its representation. Pointers maybe? Stephen Posey [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
