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Re: ,,improve'' readability in tree(3)

From: Jon Simola (jonabccomm.com)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2006 - 16:48:20 CST

On 3/8/06, Thorsten Glaser <tgmirbsd.de> wrote:

> >No, the original is correct. lg means log base 2.
>
> Isn't that lb?

Quoting wikipedia:

"In computer science, the base 2 logarithm is sometimes written as
lg(x) to avoid confusion. This usage was suggested by Edward Reingold
and popularized by Donald Knuth."

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Jon Simola
Systems Administrator
ABC Communications