Re:Byte Ordering: On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace (1980)
by Someone on Monday September 16, 2024 @11:47AM
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> I always thought eleven and twelve were remnants from when the system was more base twelveish.
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=eleven disagrees. It says eleven means “one left” and twelve “two left”, with an implicit “over ten”. That, to me, doesn’t look like base twelve was leading.
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=eleven disagrees. It says eleven means “one left” and twelve “two left”, with an implicit “over ten”. That, to me, doesn’t look like base twelve was leading.