On Dec 20, 2018, at 3:38 PM, Igor Tandetnik <i...@tandetnik.org> wrote: > > On 12/20/2018 1:34 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> A more interesting topic of discussion would be the speed and complexity >> of circuitry designed for another number base such as 5 or even decimal. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer
Several of the early electronic stored program computers used decimal representation, including the ENIAC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_computer#Early_computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC#Comparison_with_other_early_computers _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users