On: Understanding the power of bitwise operators

[JonChesterfield]

Really weird to start with 'that one section that most of us skip' and then use an _instruction set emulator_ as the real world example. Who exactly is both frightened of the & symbol and wants to learn about instruction encoding?

[readthenotes1 → JonChesterfield]

I was hoping for something really unusual after the introduction

"While at first, they might seem obscure, unhelpful, or tools for people who write in low level programming languages, they do serve a purpose. "

But then... Instructions set, assembly language...