Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!carl From: carl@sdcsvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: Math for Smart Alecks Message-ID: <451@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 01:15:49 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.451 Posted: Mon Feb 6 01:15:49 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 02:59:28 EST References: <114@iwu1b.UUCP> Organization: EECS Dept., U.C. San Diego Lines: 4 Surely, as a computer user, you have heard of the binary system. The algorithm cited multiplies two numbers as if they were expressed in base-two notation, while displaying them in base ten.