aren't roman numerals the tdd example in dive into python? there's a good section in alex bellos' "adventures in numberland" on roman numerals, where he briefly dips into how the romans did arithmetic - you can use roman numerals a bit like an abacus, apparently...
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:18 PM, René Dudfield <ren...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ancient number systems? There's some good write ups of other old number > systems here... http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/topics/num-sys.html > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -- ------------------------------ Harry J.W. Percival ------------------------------ Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 Skype: harry.percival
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