On Wednesday 09 June 2010 01:16:00 pm Robert Abel wrote: > On 2010/06/09 18:16, John Dlugosz wrote: > > That reads like an argument _for_ having separate encoding for hex > > digits. Then I could use those rather than markup to make hex numbers > > look good in the surrounding text. What argument applies to 0 that > > doesn't apply to A ? > > I think my argument holds. You will usually find the following > description of hexadecimal notation: Hexadecimal digits include the > numbers 0 through 9 and the *letters* A through F (and/or a through f > respectively). Sometimes it will even say that hexadecimal digits 10 > through 15 are *represented* by *letters* A through F (and/or a through > f respectively).
Tonal digits representing 8, 10..15 have no relation to letters.
