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Is quaternary actually useful for anything in the real world? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by spitz@lemmy.ml to c/math@lemmy.ml

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Hello.

I am currently inventing a language, and have created a base 4 number system for it. Unfortunately, I am horrible with numbers, even in decimal. So it was a hard slog. But I finally got there.

It would be great if I could know of any practical applications quaternary has (if any), so I can incorporate it into the language and make it more naturalistic. Thanks.

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[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hmm. Maybe they were experts at some precursor to quantum physics, and viewed nature itself as 0s and 1s?

That binary conversion made absolutely no sense at all to me, so I'll research it now!

Edit: OK, it's pretty easy once you know how binary progresses. I think this micro-science binary theory might have legs. Thanks for the suggestion!