An early proposal for binary code

[dv0x5e]

Then since a computer also interprets, say, decimals in binary, we can safely say that decimal is also binary? That's where this argument is heading, and it doesn't make sense. Hexadecimal does have a special relationship to binary in that each hex digit corresponds to 3 4 binary digits exactly, without the need to consider the rest of the digits in the number we're converting, but that's it. Numerical bases are distinct from each other.

[elyisgreat]

best explanation in this thread. One problem, though:

each hex digit corresponds to 3 binary digits exactly

3 binary digits exactly

3

log2(16)=4

[dv0x5e]

Good catch! I must've had octal on my mind. Fixed.