There’s more than one way to write an IP address

Re:There’s more than one way to write an IP address by tomjakubowski on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:42AM (#20392881)

An IP address like 127.0.0.1 is an integer, written in an odd base 256 notation! What I think you mean is that it's easier to increment an integer written in conventional base 10, because people are used to working with numbers like that.

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Re:There’s more than one way to write an IP address by jolmg on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @12:14PM (#20393329)

I'm imagining magmastonealex found it useful for things like working with each of 10.0.0.0/16 without having to manage the digits of those base-256 numbers:

  for (var i = 0; i < 2 ** 16; i++) {
    work("10.0." + i);
  }

as opposed to

  for (var i = 0; i < 2 ** 16; i++) {
    work("10.0." + i / 256 + "." + i % 256);
  }

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