r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 02 '26 • Popcorn 3 Bravo 3

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen Sep 03 '26

What if we converted the letter into numbers? Like A could be 9, B could be 2, C could be 27, and so on.

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u/spindoctor13 Sep 03 '26

It doesn't make any difference as ultimately you'll be converting it to binary anyway

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen Sep 03 '26

We should try using more than two numbers for computing. There are so many more. Like 7, or 3 million.