On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 08:13:58PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote: > > Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:51:05 -0800 > > From: Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Therefore, in base 1, you can only use the digit 0. (Actually, I > > think base 1 is a corner case--you only get one digit, but that digit > > is 1, so you can represent any number N by making N tally marks.) > [...] > As for semantics, base zero is of course an error, and I'd say base > one should be as well. Just because I prefer consistency over > almost-useless exceptions.
Ditto. I was just being pedantic.
