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That Fischer paper does look interesting - Thanks! I do understand that I've probably simplified "how I understand it" vs "how/why it was designed that way".
by soneil 10y ago
That Fischer paper does look interesting - Thanks!
I do understand that I've probably simplified "how I understand it" vs "how/why it was designed that way". This is pretty much intentional - I try to find patterns to things to help me remember them, rather than to explain any intent.
- kps 10y agoYeah, there's not much 4-bit-ness that's an aid to understanding what it is today. One is that NUL, space, and '0' all have the low 4 bits zero because they're all in some sense ‘nothing’.