I just realized that the reason 0x hex literals are so verbose is that C incorrectly bet on octal. 40 years later we’re still paying the price :(
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that's MASM/TASM, which I think was after C? not sure what older Intel assemblers used MOS and Motorola typically used $
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Yeah, I just guessed that it went back to the very first assembler. Definitely could be wrong.
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I personally think 0x123 is easier to read, and also that 1 extra char isn't too terrible ;)
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