[OT] Knuth's rewards

[Jacek Generowicz]

Nick Efford <nick at no.spam.org> writes:

> Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> wrote:
> > Funny, 32768 and 256 are numbers which ring very loud bells with me
> > ... but inserting a "." in the middle completely suppressed this
> > otherwise immediate reaction.
> 
> > OK, so they are powers of 2, in cents ... anyone know any further
> > motivation ?
> 
> A fascination with numbers / mathematics?

I meant "motivation for why those particular powers of two were
chosen, whether they evolve with time, and if so, how?"