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5-base proposition numenclature #1846

Closed M-Maciej closed 8 months ago

M-Maciej commented 8 months ago

Proposition: 5-based systems are usually used to indicate sequences of 0-4 digits for number representations.

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CyberMew commented 8 months ago

I believe the 0-based here is referring to starting from Stage-0, as opposed to Stage-1 in normal non-computer based situations. Like how we usually count from 0 onwards in our loops. Not referring to base-5 numeral system.

getify commented 8 months ago

@CyberMew correct