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A lot of computers using different numbering systems were built. Binary took over mainly because the required hardware was the simplest.
by m0skit0 12y ago
A lot of computers using different numbering systems were built. Binary took over mainly because the required hardware was the simplest.
- grapevines 12y agoCould you please elaborate? I came here to mention that the Soviets built the earliest "balanced Ternary" computers, which is like binary but with a negative digit, which can be much better in high precision arithmetic.
- m0skit0 12y agoSorry, elaborate on what exactly?