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Is quaternary actually useful for anything in the real world? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by spitz@lemmy.ml to c/math@lemmy.ml

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Hello.

I am currently inventing a language, and have created a base 4 number system for it. Unfortunately, I am horrible with numbers, even in decimal. So it was a hard slog. But I finally got there.

It would be great if I could know of any practical applications quaternary has (if any), so I can incorporate it into the language and make it more naturalistic. Thanks.

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[–] amio@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The finger counting thing is smart, but then why not just use base 2? Counts from 0 to 1023 inclusive.

[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Well that's a tad extreme. But I take your point.