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Re:Why don't we listen to Occam's Razor when it comes to pro... by an_ko on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @07:51PM (#10708094)
Surely binary is simpler than decimal, and yet humans rarely use it. Purity is nice, but there's a tradeoff with needing to get stuff done so you can pay the rent.
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Re:Why don't we listen to Occam's Razor when it comes to pro... by CyberFonic on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @07:55PM (#10708112)
Decimal is easier for humans. But for computers it was a stumbling block until they decided to move from BCD to binary.

That is the power of abstractions, let humans have decimal and computers binary - letting the latter convert between them as required.

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