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zeteo | karma 7291 | avg karma 6.48 · 2011-02-08 23:56:24+00:00

But 12 only gains you one more factor that's not a power of 2, and is 30 times more difficult to implement (operation tables have 144 cells for base 12, compared to 4 cells for base 2).

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · 2011-02-09 02:15:06+00:00

That's why you should use the digits -n/2 to +n/2 for base n. That shrinks the tables by a factor of four.

zeteo | karma 7291 | avg karma 6.48 · 2011-02-09 04:02:42+00:00

Oh no, I just knew someone would come and argue for balanced n-ary on this thread :)