LL-L "Language programming" 2009.01.10 (03) [E]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language programming" 2009.01.10 (01) [E]

Given that the entire world population can be expressed in just 10 digits, I
can't work out why we need a 16-digit anything!



Paul

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language programming"

Beste Jacqueline,



You wrote:

Is there anything known about how we arrive at the rythm for large numbers.

A Chinese guy once told me he could memorize very long numbers quite well,
because in Chinese it's easy to slightly alter the way a number is
pronounced (changing tonality for example) and retain a meaningful word.
That way he could build a sentence that still made sense and represented the
given number.



Personally, every number that enters my mind is visualized on my internal
"blackboard". Whatever I imagine becomes a picture, both numbers and words.
Simple operations can be done right away in this "clipboard": arithmetics,
geometric transformations, spelling. This works very well with small amounts
of data.

When data streams fast however, other mechanisms become functional. I have
the impression that people who can easily retell a long story (or a joke for
that matter *s*) may be more hooked on rhythm and sound.



Kind greetings,



Luc Hellinckx

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