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Re:Why is the 0 next to 9, not next to 1? by simonblack on Sunday April 25, 2021 @09:15PM (#26938318)
Many times I notice that I have written a hex number as 'ox1234' instead of '0x1234'.

I wonder if that is a subconscious thing as I tend to call '0' as 'oh' rather than 'zero'. (I grew up calling the '0' in phone numbers as 'oh', along with the rest of my cultural peers.)

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Re:Why is the 0 next to 9, not next to 1? by hulitu on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:19AM (#26940119)
> Many times I notice that I have written a hex number as 'ox1234' instead of '0x1234'.

On old fonts 0 was ∅ (well not this letter but with a line like in this example) so it was easy to spot it. But we are living on a planet that's revolving and evolving ...

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