Re: Base never seems to change ???

David Rossi asks:

> Why when I execute a base changing word like HEX, or OCTAL, the number
> stored at BASE never changes from 10?

     This is because 10 is always the representation of B in
base B -- no matter what B is. 10 represents 2 in base 2,
it represents 3 in base 3, etc.

     Once you change the base, all input and output numbers are
represented in the new base. So BASE @ . will print the current
base -- IN THE CURRENT BASE. You will always see 10.

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Received on Thu Oct 21 1999 - 13:29:38 PDT