<ul><li>Computers traditionally use bits, Boolean logic, and binary arithmetic. However, there is a better way to perform these operations.</li><li>Humans use decimal arithmetic due to practical reasons, but numbers can be represented in different bases.</li><li>Using a larger radix results in more compact representation, but requires a larger set of symbols.</li><li>Choosing the best combination of radix and number representation size is an optimization problem.</li></ul>

Binary logic is not the most efficient choice for computers — Here is the proof.

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