26 Oct
2010
26 Oct
'10
9:49 p.m.
On 26 Oct 2010 at 21:36, Fred Cisin wrote:
Howzbout using base eleven
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A
Heh. It has long seemed to me that 10 bits is the perfect length for
a byte. It gives you 1024 binary combinations and can also be used
to represent decimal numbers (0-999) with high efficiency. 1023
character possiblities would seem to be sufficient for all but the
logographic writing systems (e.g. Kanji).
I seem to recall an article in the HP Journal during the 80's that
discussed doing decimal arithmetic by using words consisting of
"digits" of 10 bits. Does anyone else remember this?
--Chuck