Hi Fredrick; No argument from me I like our base 10 system. I just wanted to point out that there are other bases for numbering systems, which if I understood your post correctly you agree. Here is a little information on a base 8 system.
The
octal numeral system, or
oct for short, is the
base-8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7. Numerals can be made from
binary numerals by grouping consecutive digits into groups of three (starting from the right). For example, the binary representation for decimal 74 is 1001010, which groups into 001 001 010 — so the octal representation is 112.
In decimal systems each decimal place is a base of 10. For example:
In octal numerals each place is a power with base 8. For example:
By performing the calculation above in the familiar decimal system we see why 112 in octal is equal to 64+8+2 = 74 in decimal.
Octal is sometimes used in
computing instead of
hexadecimal.
Best to you, Pat