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134 points · 122 comments · vismit2000

  1. beeforpork · · focus · HN ↗
    It would be nice if the first paragraph gave a motivation for this. Why did you start this?

    I mean, I can derive from the text that this can encode arbitrarily large integers. So what? What's the point? I also understand that this is for fun.

    1. conradludgate · · focus · HN ↗
      > This is a fun standalone project / proposal
      1. beeforpork · · focus · HN ↗
        Yes, sure. But what was the incentive? The goal? The reason to start the project (and not another one)? What was interesting enough to start this?
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