VMs: Re: VMs as Numbers

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- "Anders, Claus" <Claus.Anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> [...]
> If one uses any char as digit only, you'll end
> with too many numbers within the text.
> So I suppose, that - if
> numbers are encoded at all
> as digits or such like - some chars have a
> mutipurpose encoding.I.e.
> sometimes these chars are use as numbers and
> sometimes as alpha text.

Maybe not. The text could be entirely made up
of numbers. And the Greek alphabet used all
27 characters to build up numbers, since '1'
used to denote unity was a different symbol
than that to represent ten or a hundred.
Ancient astronomical texts used a 60-base 
numbering scheme which could also require more
than 10 different symbols.

> But more likely (too me) is, that numbers are
> written verbose, like "one one
> three" instead of 113.

Entirely possible. This could also explain
the repetitions in the text.

Cheers, Rene

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