In article <2024Aug14.090352@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at>,   
   Anton Ertl  wrote:   
   >mhx@iae.nl (mhx) writes:   
   >>Having a built-in string type denoted   
   >>by quotes might be a good thing. It is hard to find a argument   
   >>against that when numbers are already a comparable exception that   
   >>nobody has found a way to get rid of.   
   >   
   >Mitch Bradley introduced parsing words for numbers, which would allow   
   >to get rid of the number recognizers.   
   >   
   >But yes, the mainstream is in the opposite direction: Introduce   
   >recognizers not just for numbers, but also for strings, and a   
   >mechanism for user-defined recognizers.   
      
   You need a magnifying glass to see the difference:   
   Bradly:  0x DEADBEEF   
   We:      0xDEAFBEAF   
      
   I think recognizing 0xDEADBEAF as a number (pun intended),   
   one can proceed without adjusting the notion of what a number is.   
      
   Having a mechanism that recognizing the Intel DEADBEEFH is a bridge too far.   
      
      
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