Subject: Re: [lojban] No number base?!?

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 21:04:18 -0400 (EDT)

Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
> Why is there no sumti for number base in namcu?
> 
> In fact, I can find no way to ask the question:
> 
> "Why do you prefer base-16?"

You need a selbri for "base", something like digit-string x1 represents
number x2 in base x3. The mechanism for expressing numbers
in random bases won't help.

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John Cowan [email-masked]
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