On May 21, 4:14 ¨Βν¬ Ωυλιθιςο ΝατσυνοτΌν®®®ΐςυβω­μαξη®οςηΎ χςοτεΊ
> Besides that, I don't see any usecase for converting hexadecimal
> (integer) representation directly into float values.

That's what I'd said in my reply.  And then, of course, we get this:

    http://xkcd.com/426/

Not that a webcomic should drive language design.  But not that it
shouldn't either....  ;)

Eric

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