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Re: bases [was: Re: [lojban] Re:HEX advert... (Don't know what it was)



In a message dated 10/2/2001 9:18:49 AM Central Daylight Time, thinkit8@lycos.com writes:


lojban by default is hexadecimal.  there may be notes in the refgram
to the contrary, but they are in error.  the presence of 16 digits
clearly indicates hexadecimal.  feel free to assume decimal and risk
being misunderstood...why is it so hard just to use "ju'u dau"?


As an expert in "saying it often enough will make it so,"  I have to advise you that this one does not have a ghost of a chance of working.  The extra digits -- and note that they are markedly different from the first ten -- we thrown in, as the text says, to satisfy the hobbyist and/or fanatic and for computerists.  But all the texts are uniformly unambiguous in saying that the default base, the one used with {ju'u}, is ten.  Do stop saying to the contrary; it irks people (another thing I am an inexpert in).