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nixCraft 🐧

How do you fit a dictionary in 64kb RAM? Unix engineers solved it with clever data structures and compression tricks. Here's the fascinating story behind it. blog.codingconfessions.com/p/h

Confessions of a Code Addict · How Unix Spell Ran in 64kB RAMBy Abhinav Upadhyay

@nixCraft they can't seem to decide between kb and kB though. 😁

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Reading what genius people did decades ago makes me want to quit computers, but it's so damn impressive it's motivating.