16 Mar
2007
16 Mar
'07
9:16 a.m.
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Chuck Guzis wrote:
64 bit hex does give you more than octal. We had
DEADCACA,
DEADFACE, etc. Some idiot used C0CAC01A as his "magic number").
This would be about 1972-73 on a 64-bit supercomputer. Is there a
DEADBEEF that precedes this?
Um, all these examples are 32 bits only...
I saw these things in Guru Meditations, too. The Amiga used DEADBEEF or
DEADC0DE (or maybe both on different occasions?)
Christian