Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>: > On Wed, 8 Apr 2015 03:07 am, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote: >> Using base 429496729? > > That makes no sense. With base 429496729 you need to have 429496729 > different digits.
You can use integers as digits. We already do that when we express times and angles in base-60. I think even the Babylonians might have used such structured digits. >>> x = >>> 2932903594368438384328325832983294832483258958495845849584958458435439543858588435856958650865490 >>> while x >= 429496729: x //= 429496729 ... >>> x 31 Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
