Comment on John Carmack discusses the art and science of software engineeringparentComments−btilly14yActually real Romans did multiplication on an abacus. Reading from Roman numerals to/from an abacus is an incredibly natural operation.In Europe the disappearance of abacuses was directly tied to the rise of Arabic notation.
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Actually real Romans did multiplication on an abacus. Reading from Roman numerals to/from an abacus is an incredibly natural operation.
In Europe the disappearance of abacuses was directly tied to the rise of Arabic notation.