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 Computer file name conundum - hawkeye
>> Any old skool programmers who can count in hexadecimal will tell you that you get
>> a lot more "numbers" by using letters as well. Hex counts 0, 1, 2. 3,
>> 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b c, d, e, f, 10, 11
>>

Olivetti's accounting machines of the '70s used 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, j, k l, m, n, o. Notice the cunning use of l and o. Italian engineers; what would we do without them?

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