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minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoWho use octal numbers in their program? If you do, why?
minus-squaresynae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoOnly for representing permissions bits
minus-squareglibg10blinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s used for permissions in Linux, where the three bits correspond to the read, write and execute flags. So it’s possible to represent these flags as an octal number such as 0600
Who use octal numbers in their program? If you do, why?
Only for representing permissions bits
Aircraft SSR codes are octal
It’s used for permissions in Linux, where the three bits correspond to the read, write and execute flags. So it’s possible to represent these flags as an octal number such as 0600