• @SCB@lemmy.world
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    19 months ago

    Because calculations happen in the form the calculation is written. The math is done in whatever base the algorithm is told to process in.

    • @SkyeStarfall
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      49 months ago

      Okay, walk me through how you think the code an algorithm is written in gets processed by the computer step by step, please. How do you think a computer operates and is programmed?

      Let’s say you have code to tell the computer to calculate 3 + 5, in, say, C, because that’s close to assembly. What happens on the technical level?

      • @SCB@lemmy.world
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        19 months ago

        In sorry but you seem to be mistaking the fundamental distinction between what we are talking about.

        • @SkyeStarfall
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          39 months ago

          Then explain to me the fundamentals you are referring to.

          Because if you are wondering about how a computer processes information, I can tell you. I can then back it up with sources, and how code gets decoded into assembly, and how assembly is interpreted (spoiler alert, it’s binary, as it’s a direct representation of the digital circuits on the hardware level, which operate based on binary states, on and off). You just have to ask.

          • @SCB@lemmy.world
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            19 months ago

            Because if you are wondering about how a computer processes information

            I’m really not. Nor am I wondering about how computers run algorithms.

            I’m sure you’re excited to talk about CompSci 201 but I don’t need the help, thanks.

            • @SkyeStarfall
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              39 months ago

              …then please stop spreading misinformation about how computers work.

                • @SkyeStarfall
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                  Computer science is a field I very much have knowledge in, and I could explain it all, but you said, in no uncertain terms, you are not interested in a discussion.

                  So I don’t know what more to tell you, beyond, you are mistaken, and I could clarify if you so wished.