Access Host between two Subnetworks

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Can this two hosts ping/access each other without routing?

Host A:

172.17.1.1
255.255.255.0
N-ID: 172.17.1.0
BC: 172.17.1.255

Host B:

172.17.1.10
255.255.0.0
N-ID: 172.17.0.0
BC: 172.17.255.255
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Yes, both machines think they are on same network, as the subnet mask includes both addresses on both hosts.