IRC Log - 2025-01-05 - ##forth

Channel: ##forth
Total messages: 20
Time range: 11:01:17 - 18:04:16
Most active: xentrac (8), KipIngram (6), pgimeno (2)
11:01:17 ##forth <pgimeno> maybe this is widely known but I'll leave it here just in case... 36 BASE C! CAT DECIMAL 35 BASE C! . DECIMAL
11:48:27 ##forth <xentrac> haha, nice
11:48:55 ##forth <xentrac> btw in standard Forth you may need to use ! rather than c!
11:50:00 ##forth <xentrac> because base yields an a-addr, not a c-addr
11:51:06 ##forth <xentrac> in particular I'd expect you to need to use ! on Forths for big-endian chips like m68k (A Lenovo Company(tm))
13:02:41 ##forth <pgimeno> in the Jupiter, if you use ! you overwrite the FORTH vocabulary word :)
13:43:51 ##forth <veltas> pgimeno: lol nice
13:44:15 ##forth <veltas> Re CAT
13:52:53 ##forth <xentrac> haha
17:17:07 ##forth <KipIngram> I'm somehow missing the joke here. For me this is 36:CAT . 35:CAT . and I get 15941 and 15079. What's the punch line I'm missing?
17:18:07 ##forth <GeDaMo> D0G
17:18:48 ##forth <GeDaMo> Input in base 36, output in base 35
17:18:56 ##forth <KipIngram> Oh, wait - yes.
17:18:59 ##forth <KipIngram> I misread it.
17:20:16 ##forth <KipIngram> Ok, cool. I don't have an easy way to output in alternate bases, but I can say 36:CAT 35:D0G - . and it's 0. So, yes - haha. :-) Thanks.
17:25:53 ##forth <xentrac> base 36 seems like a potentially useful way to store filenames
17:26:12 ##forth <xentrac> I mean, if you're willing to accept the restriction to alphanumeric
17:35:56 ##forth <xentrac> a 32-bit filename would be slightly over six alphanumerics
18:03:49 ##forth <KipIngram> I quite like being able to use - and _ in my filenames, but yeah, it definitely has that potential.
18:04:16 ##forth <KipIngram> Re: that 36/35 thing, my cat would say it's proof dogs can't spell.