@enf Random question, but did you ever find any good writing just about the beauty/challenges/considerations of codes?
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I can only think of specific rationales: STRETCH https://archive.org/stream/enf-ascii-1961-1962/Image070917133950#page/n23/mode/1up …, EBCDIC https://archive.org/stream/enf-ascii-1962-08/Image070917135152#page/n1/mode/2up …, and ASCII https://archive.org/stream/enf-ascii-1963-09/Image070917140116#page/n32/mode/1up …
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I think that was the only era when it was imaginable not to be ruled either by mechanical convenience or backward compatibility
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Replying to @enf
Thanks! I remember Gleick’s “Information” book being beautifully written – perhaps I can also find something there.
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