That was the point of my suggestion. In your version, you're still converting to decimal, just on a digit-by-digit basis instead of whole hog. I'm suggesting converting "ten" to mean ||||, "twenty" to mean |||| |||, "one hundred" to mean |||||||||||| |, etc. If it were hex we were using, we'd be in trouble, since words for Bhex don't really exist, but in quarternary the words for the figures all exist. Just throw away the extras and redefine, and our decimal language will work.
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|||||||, "one hundred" to mean|||||||||||||, etc. If it were hex we were using, we'd be in trouble, since words for Bhex don't really exist, but in quarternary the words for the figures all exist. Just throw away the extras and redefine, and our decimal language will work.