On 5 Jun 2013 06:23, "Tim Roberts" <t...@probo.com> wrote: > A single machine word was 60 bits, so a single register read got you 10 > characters.
10 characters! Now that sounds like it's enough to actually store a word. However long words can inadverten be cropped.
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