[Linux-aus] Re: High school computing texts

[Andrew Donnellan]

On 3/21/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:
> This actually is not about "binary".  It is about "number systems" and
> is part of the fundamental theory and practicality of math.  It does not
> make any difference whether it is the decimal, octal, hexadecimal or
> binary base.

If it's such an important part of maths then why don't you *teach it in maths*?

FWIW I read the story in the link, and it seems to me that the maths
curriculum in NSW is better than wherever you were.

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