Compute pi to base 12 using Python?

[Bengt Richter]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:05:17 +1000, John Machin <sjmachin at lexicon.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:28:29 -0400, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <1113390479.738210.49530 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
>> "Dan Bishop" <danb_83 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> But there's no reason other than tradition why you should arrange them
>>> into groups of 10.
>>
>>Well, it is traditional for people to have 10 fingers :-)
>
>According to anthropology archives, there was once a tribe called
>"OS/360 system programmers" who would cut off their thumbs and great
>toes in order that they might better count in hexadecimal.
>
I suspect using four dates back to the nixie tribe, who practiced bi-quinary.
And they would cut off little toes and fingers rather, because then the thumb
was more significant and it was easier to remember it as 5 (or 0 if hidden)
with the rest counting octally ;-)

Regards,
Bengt Richter