Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
Perl-Sensitive Sunglasses
 
PerlMonks  

Re^2: My favorite model of computation is ...

by LanX (Saint)
on May 07, 2017 at 14:02 UTC ( [id://1189732]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: My favorite model of computation is ...
in thread My favorite model of computation is ...

> 10 fingers and 10 toes? :-)

While others pointed to hexagesimal my first idea was vigesimal, a system which left traces in many European languages.

(To those who complain now French counting be to complicated, try Danish ... ;)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Je suis Charlie!

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: My favorite model of computation is ...
by chacham (Prior) on May 07, 2017 at 20:22 UTC

    While others pointed to hexagesimal my first idea was vigesimal

    Pfft. What a waste of good knuckles and fingers. Down with vigesimal. Long live hexagesimal!

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: note [id://1189732]
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others meditating upon the Monastery: (5)
As of 2024-03-29 07:51 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found