[ronjakoi]

> But 27-bit hash codes were too big: with 2^15 words, they needed 2^15 * 27 bits of memory, while the PDP-11 had only 2^15 * 16 bits (64kB) of RAM—compression was essential.

I'm frustrated when people put this kind of typography on the web. HTML can do superscript.

[hnlmorg]

Then you should enjoy this article because nearly all the expressions are presented as proper mathematical equations bar the few places where those expressions are pseudocode