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Re: Bug#749099: ITP: conv -- Simple ASCII,binary,decimal,hex converter



On Sat, 24 May 2014, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Marcio de Souza Olivera <m.desouza20@gmail.com>, 2014-05-23, 23:53:
> >* Package name    : conv
> 
> That's an awfully generic name...

Agreed.  And for something rather limited.

> > Description     : Simple ASCII,binary,decimal,hex converter
> 
> How is it different/better than iprint?

Or printf in bash, or the correct use of "ibase" and "obase" in bc...

We really have way too many ways to convert between bases already.

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