@nasser@256k Thanks okay, that's good to know. So if you were to represent a hexdecimal number in an arabic system and didn't have latin characters, what would you do?
@neauoire@256k its tricky because letters standing on their own are jarring to look at -- you really want them to join. then when they join youre going to read them as words. standalone letters arent really a thing in arabic and it extends to difficulties eg making acronyms (theyre very rare and the ones that do exist generally spell out a word)
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Once you start poking with sakhr basic, I'd love to know if they say anything about hexdecimal modes for numerals in it. From screenshots I could find, it's always ever decimal, but I wonder if they extend the hindu-arabic numeric set, or it extends the arabic numeral set.
@neauoire@nasser ohh yeah I see what you mean. Considering the numbers on those screenshots are hinduarabic I’m guessing the latter. But yeah fascinating.
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@neauoire @256k its tricky because letters standing on their own are jarring to look at -- you really want them to join. then when they join youre going to read them as words. standalone letters arent really a thing in arabic and it extends to difficulties eg making acronyms (theyre very rare and the ones that do exist generally spell out a word)