>>14363443Going the other way is better imo. Base 1 practically automates arithmetic, at the cost of very long numbers.
Addition is easy, you just put the rhs beside the lhs and it's automatically added:
1111 + 111 = 1111111
Subtraction is easy, you just remove the rhs off the end of the lhs and it's automatically subtracted:
1111111 - 111 = 1111
Multiplication is easy, you just substitute the rhs into each digit of the lhs and it's automatically multiplied:
1111*111 = (111)(111)(111)(111) = 111111111111
Division is easy, you just divide the lhs into groups of the rhs and it's automatically divided with your remainder
111111111111/111 = (111)(111)(111)(111)/111 = (1)(1)(1)(1)/1 = 1111
Zero is a meme.
Having a unique symbol for every number would be the opposite, you no longer have any rules for arithmetic, but your numbers are really short.
