You must have read about Urbit, right? Their VM's underlying language/bytecode/thing, Nock, is based on nested pairs of natural numbers, which is perhaps only s

You must have read about Urbit, right? Their VM's underlying language/bytecode/thing, Nock, is based on nested pairs of natural numbers, which is perhaps only slightly less unwieldy than operating on single bits. PS, if you're as enthusiastic about this idea as I am, we should talk, can I email you?