[texhax] Defining a command which runs differently based ion input argument

[Uwe Lueck]

"Reinhard Kotucha" <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>, 30.12.2010 02:39:15:
>On 29 December 2010 Uwe Lueck wrote:
> > Less seriously, with *ternary* computers, we might have 
> > 27 category codes instead of only 16 ...
>
> Actually, 3^4=81.

Yes, and 28/7=4 :-)

>From a ternary point of view, 4 is an odd number. 
3^3 is beautiful, 3^4 is strange. 3^3 is sufficient, 
while the binary analogue 2^2 is not. 
2^4 turned out to be sufficient, 
but from a binary point of view it is not as beautiful 
as 3^3 is from the ternary point of view.

Cheers, 

    Uwe.