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Why Unary Is the Best Number System (2015)

4 pointsby flyaway123over 2 years ago

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Nokinsideover 2 years ago
Someone always claims that you can&#x27;t efficiently represent long number with unary. Of course you can. Use logarithmic unary.<p>See. IBM DS8900F Architecture and Implementation <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.redbooks.ibm.com&#x2F;redbooks&#x2F;pdfs&#x2F;sg248456.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.redbooks.ibm.com&#x2F;redbooks&#x2F;pdfs&#x2F;sg248456.pdf</a><p>page 11111111111111111111111111111111 (Log1)