------ art_3771_30743043.1169902142357 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Well if we allow more than addition and summation, any digit can be written in LCD with 7 toothpicks or less, so.... 10 = _ | | | | |_| and so on... and we are back to ASCII art almost for sure. Pedro. On 1/27/07, Peñá, Botp <botp / delmonte-phil.com> wrote: > > From: Lincoln Anderson [mailto:ayblinkin / gmail.com] > # I missed the answer to the post asking if we should implement roman > # numerals. Which is "more" acceptable, > # > # X x X = 100 (6) > # > # or > # > # |||||||||| x |||||||||| = 100 (22) > > it's computer to toothpick and we assume all toothpicks are same without > breaking nor splitting. > > X x X => X X X => 30 ?? how do we represent mult in roman num? > > maybe, to be fair, we can use roman num but replace X (2 toothpicks) with > * (3 toothpics). exponent can be ** (6 toothpicks). we will use /\/\ for M > and |_ for L.... > > so, > > X * X = 100 (2+3+2 toothpicks) > X ** X = 10 ** 10 = 10_000_000_1000 (2+3+3+2 toothpicks) > > arggh, this quiz looks difficult :) > > kind regards -botp > > > > -- Pedro Fortuny Ayuso C/Capuchinos 14, 1. 47006 Valladolid. SPAIN http://pfortuny.sdf-eu.org ------ art_3771_30743043.1169902142357--