
Numbers in Jlisp
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the reader recognizes the following numeric formats:

	#x12F0C			hexadecimal number
	#o377			octal number
	#b11010			binary number
	#d98765			decimal number

	1234		a number the base determined by
			the current value of "%input-radix%"

			%input-radix% may be set to any desired base
			in the range 2-36

	1.23		a floating pt number, will also
			obey the base %input-radix%


On output numbers will be output in the
base specified by "%output-radix%".

floating pt numbers will have the form:

	a.aaaa$eee

where the number is (a.aaaa * %output-radix% ** eee) (using %output-radix% based
arithmetic)




