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On 31 Oct 2003 10:26:47 -0800, snarflemike@yahoo.com (Mike Silva)
wrote:

>Peter Hermann <ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote in message news:<bnqo38$duh$1@news.uni-stuttgart.de>...
>> because of an immense practical value in data processing
>> I would like to have an enlargement of the number_base 
>
>What are some examples of the practical value of number bases greater than 16?

With 32-bit UNICODE and Chinese hieroglyphs as the figures ... (:-))

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