tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 12:13:52 1998
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Re: Question from a newbie
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.
- Tuv'el pach puqloD