25 Nov
2018
25 Nov
'18
7:59 p.m.
> Therefore, for use with current computers, 32 bits
would be needed.
> Some games can be played with mixing sizes by doing things like setting
> high bit, for 128 7 bit characters plus 32768 15 bit characters, and
> 2147483648 31 bit characters.
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, ben via cctalk wrote:
REAL COMPUTERS USE 18 BITS... RUNS
BEN.
Alas, "current" computers use 8, 16, 32.
They totally fail to understand the intrinsic benefits of 9, 12, 18, 24,
and 36 bits.