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Beyond Binary Computing?
daksis writes "Non base two computing is nothing new. But it is an idea that, for various reasons, never really caught on. Embedded.com is running an op/ed piece that asks if hardware and software engineers are ready to move to ternary or quaternary logic. A move to multi-valued logic provides more computational capability without the standard increase in die size or transistor count. Is the need to make do with the current fabrication technology enough to drive the move to multi-valued logic? Or will Moore's law continue without the need for doing more with less silica based real estate?"
...prove we will be using a quaternary system. How many gigaquads of hard drive storage do we need, anyway?
As the doc said to Marty McFly, "You're not thinking 4th demensionally"
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Do you think three-valued logic is a good idea?
#define FALSE 0
#define TRUE 1
#define MAYBE 2
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will someone please think of the dialogs we will have to implement for this extended logic.
There will be no more
Yes No Cancel
Now it will be
Yes No Maybe Cancel
Yes No Maybe Dont_Know Cancel
Yes No Yes(but I mean no) No (but I mean yes) Maybe Cancel......
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
It wont happen all at once, its a different paradigm and a definate learning curve, like the difference between imperative, functional and object oriented programming. But it has definate advantages, beyond the Moores law tripe.
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Well, if the word "bit" is a contraction of "binary digit", then I'm all for a move to "ternary digits". We need a lot more of those in this field.
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Only if I dig them up.
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So, /. has done 3 stories on ternary logic?
meh.
The quaternary system would be perfectly suited for women:
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = No (But I mean yes)
3 = Yes (But I mean no)
Another poster provided trinary computing tutorial. On one of the pages for the introduction, the author writes:
As if we didn't lack sufficient sexual jokes regarding current computer technology. Now we have to introduce "trits" into the fray. Now we're going to have to explaing to our mothers that they're using 32 trit computers. Or stop people from laughing when we mention we like lots of trits.
I propose we quickly abandon this system in favor of quarternery logic. The possibilities for abuse of a trinary logic system (and its trits) are simply too many.
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Perhaps they would be Abort, Retry, Fail?
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Here's a link to what you're talking about:
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There is just something funny about the concept of Slashdotters needing to follow a hyperlink in order to get to third base...
Mechanik
While drunk once in my youth, I came up with diaboolean algebra.
Instead of the boolean true/false, you have true, false, maybe and maybe not. The latter two are equal in interpretation (uncertainty), although with different values.
diaboolean 0 = boolean 00 = false
diaboolean 1/3 = boolean 01 = maybe not
diaboolean 2/3 = boolean 10 = maybe
diaboolean 1 = boolean 11 = true
Of course, NOT maybe gives maybe not.
"maybe or maybe not" is always true, just like in real life.
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Yeah, but decimal 132 or 891 tends to offend people, depending on how you define your states.
:P
Hint:
132 = 00100 00100
891 = 11011 11011
Besides, nearly half the states are uncomfortable for most people.
True geeks rely on their HP calc for math; manual calculation is for nerds.
Unary logic. Also solves the pesky problems of users making mistakes.
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