Peña, Botp
1/27/2007 2:15:00 AM
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