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=== Numbers ===

A numeric value is represented as a sequence of <code>space</code> and <code>tab</code> characters that represent 0 and 1 respectively and terminated by a <code>linefeed</code>. The first character represents the [[Sign (mathematics)|sign]] of the value {{endash}} <code>space</code> for positive and <code>tab</code> for negative. Subsequent characters before the terminator represent the binary digits of a value.

For example:

* [space][tab][space][space][tab][space][tab][tab][linefeed] (STSSTSTTL) is positive since it starts with <code>space</code> and represents 1001011 in binary, which is 75 in decimal.
* [tab][tab][tab][space][space][tab][space][linefeed] (TTTSSTSL) is negative since it starts with <code>tab</code> and represents -110010 in binary which is −50 in decimal.