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Re:Progress on C23 by dnautics on Monday September 06, 2021 @01:35AM (#28430662)
Already have, there are many more like that on a branch I haven't committed yet. I'm very happy with it:

https://github.com/ityonemo/Primes/blob/f157b63d91375c62f110...

I've also verified that binary representations of unusual datatypes are correct and have the expected properties (~>5 yr ago, paid gig, actually my first paid gig):

https://github.com/interplanetary-robot/SigmoidNumbers/blob/...

https://github.com/interplanetary-robot/SigmoidNumbers/blob/...

Extremely happy with it in all cases. You can't convince me otherwise. Zig and Julia would be poorer languages if not for binary literals. My life would have been more annoying without it. It's a tool I have reached for in the past and will continue reaching for when appropriate and tasteful, I have not "abandoned it". At least, I'm one datapoint that refutes your assertion.

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Re:Progress on C23 by WalterBright on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:24AM (#28431608)
> I'm one datapoint that refutes your assertion.

There's always one!

BTW, D does support 0b:

https://dlang.org/spec/lex.html#BinPrefix

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Re:Progress on C23 by dnautics on Monday September 06, 2021 @10:39AM (#28434098)
It's highly unlikely I will ever use a language whose creator very wrongly assumes I don't know what I'm talking about when I talk about programming ergonomics.
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