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It's decimal as in base 10, as opposed to binary.

• eru 15y ago
  But they aren't in base 10. The constant mentioned might as well have been put into the code in hex or octal and nothing would have changed. (I don't know whether C support binary constants.)
  • rcfox 15y ago
    I didn't write the article; I'm just giving the rationale. You don't need to take it out on me.
    • eru 15y ago
      No offense intended.