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An IP address like 127.0.0.1 is an integer, written in an odd base 256 notation! What I think you mean is that it's easier to increment an integer written in c
by tomjakubowski 7y ago
An IP address like 127.0.0.1 is an integer, written in an odd base 256 notation! What I think you mean is that it's easier to increment an integer written in conventional base 10, because people are used to working with numbers like that.
- jolmg 7y agoI'm imagining magmastonealex found it useful for things like working with each of 10.0.0.0/16 without having to manage the digits of those base-256 numbers: for (var i = 0; i < 2 ** 16; i++) { work("10.0." + i); } as opposed to for (var i = 0; i < 2 ** 16; i++) { work("10.0." + i / 256 + "." + i % 256); }