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diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Fleximal/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Fleximal/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b9e2afcd5868 --- /dev/null +++ b/math/p5-Math-Fleximal/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +This is a package for doing integer arithmetic while using a different +base representation than normal. In base n arithmetic you have n +symbols which have a representation. I was going to call them +"glyphs", but being text strings they are not really. On Tye McQueen's +whimsical suggestion I settled on the name Math::Fleximal, the set of +text representations is called a "flex", and the representation of +individual digits are the "flecks". These names are somewhat +unofficial... + +This allows you to do basic arithmetic using whatever digits you want, +and to convert from one to another. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Fleximal/ |