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This has made it to HN at least a few times. Maybe it should be part of math curriculum in schools so we wouldn't keep having this conversation.
by drnooo 13y ago
This has made it to HN at least a few times. Maybe it should be part of math curriculum in schools so we wouldn't keep having this conversation.
- halflings 13y agoOne of my professors (I'm a French comp. sci student) taught us this as an intro on how we could build an Arithmetic Logic Unit (as part of a hardware architecture course).
- troydj 13y agoThere is also a reference to this method on page 61 of SICP (footnote 40 of exercise 1.18). http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-11.html#footnote_Temp_68 http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-11.html...