Converting Binary Numbers To Decimal The Hard Way On Linux Or Unix

[ Thanks to Mike Golvach for this link. ]

"The method of execution is not the most efficient, but I think it's the most "human readable." In a future post, we'll definitely convert it to Perl, shell and Awk. And, maybe before then, we'll get to the next part in our ongoing series on Perl, shell and Awk porting. We'll get there eventually. If I didn't have so many different things to write about, I could bore you to tears with that stuff (if I haven't already ;)"

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