In the Unix world, leading 0's indicate the wonderfully intuitive octal
notation. This includes programming languages such as C. Can't remember if
Java inherited this affliction as well.
Joe
From: Ken Slaugh
It makes a difference, for sure. Here's what I tried on the PC command
prompt:
Ping 10.10.11.1
Reply from 10.10.11.1
Then...
Ping 010.010.011.001
Reply from 8.8.9.1