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selcuka06/04/20253 repliesview on HN

5 bits would be a weird size for a word.


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flysand706/04/2025

Knuth's "Art of Programming" had a hypothetical machine with 5-bit words.

layer806/04/2025

I don’t think the parent’s argument would change if he had made an 8-bit Wordle.

badc0ffee06/04/2025

Baudotle