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Would you really call 'any rational with divisible factors other than 2 and 5' to be 'exotic'? Maybe we really should move back to base-60 like the Babylonians
by smallnamespace 8y ago
Would you really call 'any rational with divisible factors other than 2 and 5' to be 'exotic'?
Maybe we really should move back to base-60 like the Babylonians used, then you could at least divide by 3.
- int_19h 8y agoBecause humans standardized on base-10, and computers are ultimately for humans to use?
- MauranKilom 8y agoMaybe we should also add data types to every language that can convert exactly between inches, feet, miles and every other non-base-10 unit? The argument "we want to look at base-10 in the end so it should be the internal representation" is really weak and ignores basically every other practical aspect.