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Why do most computer programming languages not allow binary numbers to be used like decimal or hexadecimal? In VB.NET you could write a hexadecimal number like &H4 In C you could write a hexadecimal number like 0x04 Why not allow binary numbers? &B010101 0y1010 Bonus Points!... What languages do allow binary numbers? Edit Wow! - So the majority think it's because of brevity and poor old "waves" thinks it's due to the technical aspects of the binary representation.
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