Re: hexadecimal notation in non-Western languages

From: Kit Peters (popefelix@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 - 21:11:48 CST

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    Ah, I see the confusion. I'm not suggesting that specialized "hex"
    characters be added to Unicode - far from it. Rather I am asking (and I see
    now that the question is a bit off-topic) if any non-Western cultures do
    something similar to hexadecimal notation for noting out-of-base numbers.

    On 2/15/06, Murray Sargent <murrays@exchange.microsoft.com> wrote:
    >
    > People have suggested adding other ABCDEF hex values to Unicode, but it's
    > an interop quagmire that noone wants to wade in. Probably someone has tried
    > it, but it certainly hasn't caught on
    >
    > ------------------------------
    > *From:* Kit Peters [mailto:popefelix@gmail.com]
    > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:32 PM
    > *To:* Murray Sargent
    > *Cc:* unicode@unicode.org
    > *Subject:* Re: hexadecimal notation in non-Western languages
    >
    > So *nobody* else in the world has ever come up with a scheme to write base
    > (10+n) characters using their standard ten digits plus n characters from
    > their alphabet?
    >
    > On 2/15/06, Murray Sargent <murrays@exchange.microsoft.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > No. It's been discussed and overwhelmingly dismissed for a variety of
    > > reasons.
    > >
    > > Murray
    > >
    > > ------------------------------
    > > *From:* unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] *On
    > > Behalf Of *Kit Peters
    > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:45 PM
    > > *To:* unicode@unicode.org
    > > *Subject:* hexadecimal notation in non-Western languages
    > >
    > > last question of the night, I promise. :)
    > >
    > > Does anybody use hexadecimal, or other non-base-10, notation in anything
    > > besides Western characters?
    > >
    > > Kit Peters
    > >
    >
    >



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