Endianness, a constant source of conflict for decades

Re:Endianness, a constant source of conflict for decades by JoachimS on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:17AM (#28219097)

Getting a bit off topic I guess, but in Danish you do the same AND also have base 20 for numbers over 40 and less than 100. So for example (roughly translated) is 65 "five and half of thirty". And even harder, for odd tens you get them by taking half of the base 20 number. So 55 is "five and half of thirty".

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/counting-in-danish

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Re:Endianness, a constant source of conflict for decades by kzrdude on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @06:04AM (#28219299)

Maybe 65 should be explained as said like "five and threesh" where "threesh" is implicitly/shortened for "three times 20". So we say: 5 + 3 x 20, but in a terse encoding.

Yes, 55 is "half threesh" in the same way, that is we say 5 + half 3 x 20, but half 3 == 2.5, of course!

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Re:Endianness, a constant source of conflict for decades by JoachimS on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:48AM (#28219922)

Much better explanation, thanks!

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Re:Endianness, a constant source of conflict for decades by dandellion on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:56AM (#28219259)

> is 65 "five and half of thirty". And even harder (...) 55 is "five and half of thirty".

So you call any number "five and half of thirty"? That sounds pretty easy to be honest.

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Re:Endianness, a constant source of conflict for decades by JoachimS on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:49AM (#28219933)

Oops. I meant "five and thirty" for 65. and "five and half thirty" for 55.

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