Re: Two Thousand and Eight

Eben King:
>> When I turned 32, I wrote my friend and told him I'd say I was 0x20,
>> because that sounded better.

Greg Goss:
> I've always wondered at the leading 0 used for this context by
> C-speakers.  Why can't you go directly into the x?

Because x20 is a perfectly legitimate variable name.

I say "two thousand eight", "two thousand and eight", or "oh eight".
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