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In article <4711.2843a523@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:

   > There are provisions for octal and hex
   > integers [in c],

   I thought so too, and one day I tried to write an integer constant
   in octal.  The compiler said, "Nuts to you!"  It took some hours,
   but I finally convinced myself that the compiler manual and then
   Kernigan and Ritchie provide octal notation for CHARACTERS.  Nothing
   else!  I thought it was a major design flaw and was no accident.


kythera% cat x.c
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
    printf("%d\n", 010);
}
kythera% x
8
kythera%