Re: ANN: Seed7 Release 2008-02-17

Something that is related to the base number system makes all numbers prime
in base 2.  since there are just 2 numbers, then all there are is the
number
itself, or the number to the zero power.  Any number to the zero power =
1.
Now to bring that idea forward, you could have a set of numbers which had
that property, but use a different base number system.  Say base 13. 
Would
there be any prime numbers, well yes.  And those primes would not have
prime
factors, but logically they would not be ! (non primes).  And in base 13,
all of the non primes can be derived from a set of prime factors.  So if
the
primes can not be derived from a set of prime factors and the non primes
can
be,  then the prime number which is the largest factor of all the previous
non primes, is the number we are saying has all of the non primes as
factors.  Except that it is prime in this case and it has only itself to
the
zero for a factor, and no other prime.  In base 2..

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