tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 12:43:52 1998
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RE: Question from a newbie
lab Tuv'el pach puqloD:
>
> Quvar muHwI' wrote:
>
> > >What "error" about the number system?
> > >Ternary is correct. 1,2,3 is correct. What's wrong?
> > Well, when I was on the list last year, there was a big
> discussion on that.
> > The thoughts were:
> > - the binary system is based on 0 and 1
> > - a ternary; shouldn't it be on 0, 1 and 2 ?
>
> Why would ternary HAVE to be based on 0,1, & 2. If you don't
> acknowledge the 0
> (sorry pagh), then you have 1, 2, 3, 11=4, 12=5, 13=6, 21,
> 22, 23, 31, 32,
> 33=12, etc.
>
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