alt Hacker News> Maybe because IPv6 digits are hexadecimal?
Mostly for us humans of course.
IPv4 addresses are generally in base-10, but binary and octal can also technically be used (on the CLI).
> Maybe because IPv6 digits are hexadecimal?
Mostly for us humans of course.
IPv4 addresses are generally in base-10, but binary and octal can also technically be used (on the CLI).
My favorite IPv4 schema is a uint32. Lots of squinting and head scratching every time it pops up