> The main obstacle to use hexadecimal in human communication are not
> the symbols used in its notation, but that every single human language
> uses 10-based numbers in *speech*, with at most minor deviations (e.g.
> eleven, twelve). The overall system is always 10-based. (10, 100,
> 1000, (10000 in indian and chinese), 1000000) etc.  have their own
> names, numbers composed are to be understood in the decimal system

Yes, when discussing values in hex, this is an English problem.  What do I call 
the useful higher powers and groups?  What is the equivalent of "thousands" or 
"millions" to refer to powers of 65536 or 4294967296?

--John






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