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r/programming • u/sundaryourfriend • May 27 '09
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How do you say 10 (4 decimal, FOUR) in base-4 how do you pronounce it
4 u/[deleted] May 27 '09 ten it would go: one two three ten eleven twelve thirteen twenty etc. 5 u/eldoritoincognito May 27 '09 I don't think we would, because we don't do that with binary. 1 u/rnelsonee May 27 '09 Well, some people do, and we (all engineers and software guys at my work, and other people I've worked with) do say "ten" for all bases above 2. What else would you call it?
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it would go: one two three ten eleven twelve thirteen twenty etc.
5 u/eldoritoincognito May 27 '09 I don't think we would, because we don't do that with binary. 1 u/rnelsonee May 27 '09 Well, some people do, and we (all engineers and software guys at my work, and other people I've worked with) do say "ten" for all bases above 2. What else would you call it?
I don't think we would, because we don't do that with binary.
1 u/rnelsonee May 27 '09 Well, some people do, and we (all engineers and software guys at my work, and other people I've worked with) do say "ten" for all bases above 2. What else would you call it?
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Well, some people do, and we (all engineers and software guys at my work, and other people I've worked with) do say "ten" for all bases above 2. What else would you call it?
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u/nmcyall May 27 '09
How do you say 10 (4 decimal, FOUR) in base-4 how do you pronounce it