From b2d1680d3a009d32f5e90f8dd693a5b0a6ca2435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mischa POSLAWSKY <perl@shiar.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:20:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] base: radix economy for 3 different maximums

---
 base.plp | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/base.plp b/base.plp
index f34f36e..7d31a4d 100644
--- a/base.plp
+++ b/base.plp
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ my @char = (0..9, 'A'..'Z', 'a'..'z');
 :>
 <h1>Number bases</h1>
 
+<h2>Radix economy</h2>
+<table>
+<:
+sub radix_economy {
+	my ($val, $radix) = @_;
+	return $radix * int(log($val) / log($radix) + 1);
+}
+
+use List::Util 'sum';
+print '<tr><th>';
+print '<th>', $_ for @morecols;
+for my $max (100, 255, 1024) {
+	print '<tr><th>', $max;
+	for my $radix (@morecols) {
+		printf '<td style="text-align:right">%.1f',
+			sum(map { radix_economy($_, $radix) } 1 .. $max) / $max;
+	}
+}
+:></table>
+
 <h2>Fractions</h2>
 <table>
 <:
-- 
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