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Good article, if a little brief. With the advancements made in optical computing, I feel that there's a good chance ternary computing making a comeback at least

by stryan 12y ago

Good article, if a little brief. With the advancements made in optical computing, I feel that there's a good chance ternary computing making a comeback at least in the research front.

niche 12y ago
I agree! Rather, nob systems (not only binary)
brudgers 12y ago
Ternary already creeps in around the edges. For example in order to accomodate stable sorting, Java's Comparator<T> interface uses ternary logic. Same with Ruby's spaceship operator, <=>.