Is the world coming to an end?

[Adam D. Ruppe]

Walter Bright wrote:
> You're right in that the decimal literal being "converted"
> to octal is a bit of a hack.

Yeah, but it's a no-win scenario.

Without it, people would bitch and moan that they have to put
quotes around little numbers like permission masks.

With it, people bitch and moan that its a hack, probably without
ever actually using it.