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Various corrections: The article says that ternary uses exponentially fewer symbols (actually, in further nitpicking, it says "bits" rather than "symbols") tha
by Sniffnoy 8y ago
Various corrections:
The article says that ternary uses exponentially fewer symbols (actually, in further nitpicking, it says "bits" rather than "symbols") than binary, but that's not correct. The decrease is just linear, by a factor of log_2(3).
The comment about subtraction being a lot easier doesn't really make a lot of sense in light of 2's-complement notation; yes, it's a tiny bit easier, but... (the comments about sign bits also seem a bit out of place in this light).