I gotta say, I realize it's got a lot of historical weight to it, but I've always hated the "leading zero means octal" thing. The fact that 12 and 012 mean dra

I gotta say, I realize it's got a lot of historical weight to it, but I've always hated the "leading zero means octal" thing. The fact that 12 and 012 mean drastically different things in many languages does not ever feel good.