@eniko it leads to p-adic numbers, which are a lot of fun.
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fixed point is taught wrong.@eniko it’s a fun exercise to generalize that to mixed bases and mixed precision. Like a ternary number with 3 fractional digits and a binary number with 5 fractional digits yielding a base 12 number with 3 fractional digits.
No, I have no use case for it. That’s just where that comment reminds me of.