Editing Setun (section)

== Adoption and application ==
Thanks to the simplicity and naturalness of its architecture, as well as a well-designed programming system that included the following interpreters—IP-2 (floating-point, 8 decimal digits), IP-3 (floating-point, 6 decimal digits), IP-4 (complex numbers, 8 decimal digits), IP-5 (floating-point, 12 decimal digits)—plus the POLIZ autocode with its operating system and standard subroutine library (floating-point, 6 decimal digits), the Setun computers were quickly mastered by users in universities, industrial plants, and research institutes. They proved to be an effective tool for solving practically important problems across a wide range of fields, from scientific modeling and engineering calculations to weather forecasting and enterprise management optimization.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Брусенцов |first=Н.П. |date=1972 |title=Электромагнитные цифровые устройства с однопроводной передачей трехзначных сигналов. |journal=[[Наука]] |pages=242–244}}</ref>

At user seminars on the Setun computers—held at Moscow State University (1965), the Lyudinovo Diesel-Locomotive Plant (1968), and Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute (1969)—dozens of reports were presented on successful real-world applications for the national economy. Owing to its balanced ternary code, Setun turned out to be a truly universal, easily programmable, and highly efficient computing instrument. It earned a strong reputation, notably as an educational tool for teaching computational mathematics in more than thirty universities. At the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, Setun even became the platform for the first automated computer-based learning system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Троичные ЭВМ "Сетунь" и "Сетунь 70" |url=https://www.computer-museum.ru/histussr/setun_b.htm |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.computer-museum.ru}}</ref>