> Surprisingly, if you allow a base to be any real number, and not just an integer, then the most efficient computational base is the irrational number e.
Now I'm left with an even more interesting question. Why e? The wikipedia page has some further discussion, hinting that the relative efficiency of different bases is a function of the ratio of their natural logarithms.
Now I'm left with an even more interesting question. Why e? The wikipedia page has some further discussion, hinting that the relative efficiency of different bases is a function of the ratio of their natural logarithms.