and every fifth digit is just put in an odd place

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    4 months ago

    It’s a unary numeral system , but it doesn’t really have a base, because it’s not a positional number system.

    Another similar thing to think about is the Roman numeral system. it starts out as unary system, but quickly turns into a mix of base 5 and 10 and even without a fixed position. That’s also not a positional number system even if can be considered to have a base and a secondary base…