My father showed me the assembly language for a minicomputer, and I can remember being puzzled why the computer--a binary machine--had instructions for decimal arithmetic.
He smiled and had me add $0.02 + $0.03. When I didn't get $0.05, I was enlightened :-) It was like a koan.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 12.0 ms ] threadHe smiled and had me add $0.02 + $0.03. When I didn't get $0.05, I was enlightened :-) It was like a koan.