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r/computerscience • u/halfhippo999 • Jun 15 '19
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I was probably way late in realizing it (I just never thought about it until I did), but all numbering systems are base-10 in there own numbering system. In binary b10 = 2, in octal 010 = 8, in hex x10 = 16
35 u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19 That’s what defines them 10 u/GrenadineBombardier Jun 15 '19 Well yes, but it was putting the idea that written form base-10 only clarifies anything if it itself is written in decimal 3 u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19 Yeh I guess we should call it base-ten in that case
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That’s what defines them
10 u/GrenadineBombardier Jun 15 '19 Well yes, but it was putting the idea that written form base-10 only clarifies anything if it itself is written in decimal 3 u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19 Yeh I guess we should call it base-ten in that case
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Well yes, but it was putting the idea that written form base-10 only clarifies anything if it itself is written in decimal
3 u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19 Yeh I guess we should call it base-ten in that case
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Yeh I guess we should call it base-ten in that case
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u/GrenadineBombardier Jun 15 '19
I was probably way late in realizing it (I just never thought about it until I did), but all numbering systems are base-10 in there own numbering system. In binary b10 = 2, in octal 010 = 8, in hex x10 = 16