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I do not know.

I think all they are taught is Microsoft Office and Adobe products. How many kids/teenagers know what 0x20 is these days without doing a WEB search ?




How many kids/teenagers knew this 20-30 years ago? Less than 5%?


> How many kids/teenagers know what 0x20 is these days without doing a WEB search ?

I mean I still had to stop for a brief moment and do the arithmetic in my head as I do when reading any number in a base other than 10.

Unless you mean recognizing "0x" as a prefix indicating the following number is in base 16?




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