Monday, April 18, 2016

[okaremlt] Always count in base 100

When numbering things on a computer, e.g. files, always start at 00 or 01 and not 0 or 1 so that things can easily be lexicographically sorted until 99.  "Usually" you don't have over 99 things, but you often have over 9.

Alternatively, 8 is followed by 900.

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