On 2014-11-05, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > "machine code" typically implies an instruction set specific > to that machine... ALL computers operate in BINARY logic (a bit only > holds 0 or 1). How you get those bits into the computer is > irrelevant.
Just to muddy the water... _Most_ parts of most computers operate in binary. Portions of some parts (e.g. some NAND flash) use ternary, quaternary, or octal. IIRC, four-state transistor cells are pretty common at the moment, but some vendor(s) are working with 8-state cells. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Hold the MAYO & pass at the COSMIC AWARENESS ... gmail.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list