From: nospam@hotmail.com   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I think I might have just invented the variable bit cpu :)   
      
   It works simply like this:   
      
   Each "data bit" has a "meta data bit".   
      
   The meta data bit describes if the bit is the ending bit of a possibly large   
   structure/field.   
      
   The meta bits together form a sort of bit mask or bit pattern.   
      
   For example the idea is best seen when putting the data bits   
   and meta bits below each other.   
      
   data bits:  01110101110101101010101   
   meta bits: 00000000100010001100001   
      
   In reality the data bit and meta bit are grouped together as a single entity   
   which can be read into the cpu since otherwise the cpu would not know where   
   to start reading the data or meta bits. Now it simplies start with the first   
   data + meta bit pair.   
      
   Because a cpu might need to know the length of the bit field up front the   
   cpu/algorithm works simply as follows:   
      
   The cpu starts reading data and meta bits until it reaches a meta bit of 1.   
      
   All bits that form the variable bit field are now read and can be used etc.   
      
   The above example then looks like this:   
      
   data bits:  011101011#1010#1101#0#10101   
   meta bits: 000000001#0001#0001#1#00001   
      
   (The # sign is too indicate to you where the variable bit fields are.)   
      
   Notice how even single bit fields are possible.   
      
   The reason for the variable bit cpu with variable bit software is too save   
   costs and to make computers/software even more powerfull and usefull ;)   
      
   For example:   
      
   Currently fixed bitsoftware has to be re-written or modified, re-compiled,   
   re-documented, re-distributed, re-installed, re-configured when it's fixed   
   bit limit is reached and has to be increased for example from 32 bit to 64   
   bit etc.   
      
   Example are windows xp 32 to 64 bit, the internet IPv4 to IPv6.   
      
   Bye,   
     Skybuck.   
      
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