| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 12, 2004, 7:36 |
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Joe wrote:> Well, that's not the most sensible system, anyway. Surely A should > equal (decimal)10. If that's the case, it's 48OJBut the point is to generate words, not perform arbitrary maths in bases greater than ten. Hence base-26: there are twenty-six letters (not counting case) in the English alphabet, none of which are the digits 0-9. -- Tristan
| Joe <joe@...> |