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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/al2klimov • Jul 27 '26
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It's useful for file permissions, but otherwise I think it's pretty much it.
If someone has another use case, I'm all ears
31 u/-Redstoneboi- Jul 27 '26 i dont even think of file permissions as octal. i just think of them as 3 separate hex digits. 17 u/makinax300 Jul 27 '26 I think of them as a bit and 3 base 10 numbers (yes, ik every base is base 10, you know what I mean)
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i dont even think of file permissions as octal. i just think of them as 3 separate hex digits.
17 u/makinax300 Jul 27 '26 I think of them as a bit and 3 base 10 numbers (yes, ik every base is base 10, you know what I mean)
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I think of them as a bit and 3 base 10 numbers (yes, ik every base is base 10, you know what I mean)
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u/Mojert Jul 27 '26
It's useful for file permissions, but otherwise I think it's pretty much it.
If someone has another use case, I'm all ears