[lojban-beginners] Re: Why 16

[Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

On 8/19/05, HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm also curious about the creators' decision on the number system: why do
> we have 2^4 basic number-words? 
> (And I will hardly accept an answer like 'Because that covers 10' since, for
> example, 1000 is also perfect for this reason. :) )
> 
> heliodor 
>   
> P.S.: Maybe they liked the symmetry of 2^2^2?? 

Lojban for Beginners suggests that the extra six are for speaking
about hexadecimal numbers without using letters of the alphabet for
the extra digits. That's useful for computer scientists.

Chris Capel
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