Por valores hexadecimais usar em vez da base normal de 10 números?

Question

Eu estava olhando por cima este código para math.sqrt calcular em Java. Por que eles usam valores hexadecimais em alguns dos loops e valores normais para as variáveis? Quais os benefícios para o uso hexadecimal?

Answer 1

Because hex corresponds much more closely to bits that decimal numbers. Each hex digit corresponds to 4 bits (a nibble). So, once you've learned the bitmask associated with each hex digit (0-F), you can do something like "I want a mask for the low order byte":

0xff

or, "I want a mask for the bottom 31 bits":

0x7fffffff

Just for reference:

HEX    BIN
0   -> 0000
1   -> 0001
2   -> 0010
3   -> 0011
4   -> 0100
5   -> 0101
6   -> 0110
7   -> 0111
8   -> 1000
9   -> 1001
A   -> 1010
B   -> 1011
C   -> 1100
D   -> 1101
E   -> 1110
F   -> 1111

Answer 2

They probably used hex values because the numbers are easier to remember in hex. For example, 0x7fffffff is the same as 2147483647, but is a lot easier to remember.

Answer 3

Hex is a human readable form of the binary the CPU actually uses. When looking at low level commands it often makes more sense to match the CPU and think in hex,