Decimal arithmetic, was Re: Python GUI app to impress the boss?

Thu Oct 3 15:54:25 EDT 2002

Christian Tismer wrote:

> Base ten is embedded into base 60. They could have done
> it with 30 as well, but I have no idea why they have
> choosen this, exactly. 

I expect because 60 is also divisible by 12.

--jb

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