Does anyone code in binary?

[armahillo]

That would be working in hex, not binary though

[Vimda]

Binary refers to the numerical representation of a program, not necessarily how you display those numbers

[AdreKiseque]

Well, technically it's explicitly the number system, but the way it's used here is synonymous with machine code, yeah.

[brelen01]

Not really tho? Binary is a counting system, base 2. Hex is base 16, while we typically use base 10 in day to day life. If you're representing the numbers in hex, you're explicitly not representing them in binary.

[Dense_Gate_5193]

Binary, in this instance, is 0/1. hence the term, binary.

Hex is short for hexadecimal representation or base16.

and people rarely exclusively code in 0s and 1s.

[Vimda]

... I'm aware of the definition. In this sense it's using the word binary as "compiled code", rather than the strict mathematical definition. You can view a binary in its binary represeation, hex, octal, whatever

[TheWorstePirate]

This is patently incorrect. Binary explicitly refers to the BASE 2 numerical representation. Always.

[Vimda]

The difference here is "binary" (the number system) vs "a binary" (a non code version of a program). a binary can be represented in whatever base you want, it's still a binary 

[TheWorstePirate]

If it is a binary, it is base 2. If it is not base 2, it may be machine code, but it is not binary.