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

> From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@ccil.org]
> Sent: 11 November 2001 17:43
> 
> And Rosta scripsit:
> 
> > And, similarly, just because Lojban has noncompositional words for
> > zero through to 15 does not mean Lojban by default uses base 16.
> 
> Note that dau does not represent the *number* 10, but the *digit*
> 10; a fine distinction, but important.

What is the distinction?

--And.