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by bouncycastle 2163 days ago
Oh, in my example, it's just a coincidence that the number was readable by humans! Other numbers may come out as complete gibberish.

The "mapping" you may be referring to is happening outside and subject to how your brain /your browser interpret it. (How do you know that when I posted the comment, that I didn't supply the raw bits of the number?! ;-))

Anyway, it was just a joke for low level-programmers I guess. Have a good day ;-)