Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] It is true that is impossible write in binary code, the lowest level of programming that you can write is in hex code? Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 15:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1415199943 6549 67.130.15.94 (5 Nov 2014 15:05:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 15:05:43 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80271 On 2014-11-05, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > "machine code" typically implies an instruction set specific > to that machine... ALL computers operate in BINARY logic (a bit only > holds 0 or 1). How you get those bits into the computer is > irrelevant. Just to muddy the water... _Most_ parts of most computers operate in binary. Portions of some parts (e.g. some NAND flash) use ternary, quaternary, or octal. IIRC, four-state transistor cells are pretty common at the moment, but some vendor(s) are working with 8-state cells. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Hold the MAYO & pass at the COSMIC AWARENESS ... gmail.com