[NBLUG/talk] Invention of the Unary Number System

[Ron Wickersham]

On Mon, 19 May 2003, Steve Zimmerman wrote:

> 0	.... "1"
> 00	.... "2"
> 000	.... "3"
> 0000 	.... "4"
> 00000	.... "5"
> etc.
> : -)


but 0 only has a meaning in a binary system of 1's and 0's.
i suggest the following:

 .... "1"
  .... "2"
   .... "3"
    .... "4"
     .... "5"
etc.

where the number of significant absent symbols to the left of the slightly
augmented ellipses can be determined by inspection.

-ron