Although some in computing today would differ, when Merwyn Sommer asked
the puzzling question What
number follows 24 in:
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, __?
it seemed fairly clear once a key hint had been given (e.g., refer to
Table) that there really is a unique answer,
one intimately associated with computer word length.