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by layer8 375 days ago
Well… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)
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5 bits would be a weird size for a word.
Knuth's "Art of Programming" had a hypothetical machine with 5-bit words.
I don’t think the parent’s argument would change if he had made an 8-bit Wordle.
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