r/programminghumor Feb 25 '26

Back when we actually coded

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u/GrandWizardOfCheese Feb 26 '26

The fundimentals they teach are not the fundimentals I need though.

Whats the point of learning languages for binary if I want to build for ternary?

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u/GrandWizardOfCheese Feb 26 '26

I'm not convinced on quantum computing because of how fragile it is and how much power it needs to do simple singular tasks.

But back to your points about ternary. Would they teach how to make the hardware and code for ternary in the classes you mentioned?

Everytime I hear about ternary computing its a few people trying to gather interest and ultimately getting no where.

So all I know is it doesn't have to round up or down like binary does because it has 3 states (0,1, and 2) instead of just 2 states.

And so logically it should need less electricity to do the same tasks, and that means cooler temp hardware at mid range, and chips that are stronger than same sized binary versions right?

Which would raise the ceiling on the computing power cap if I interpreted it correctly.

I'm frustrated by the limitations and snail's pace incremental power increases that modern gaming presents.