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He is probably thinking about the context of the 1980s, when a large amount of 3 byte waste (the 1 byte null char is a form of 'waste' itself) might have been a
by novok 5y ago
He is probably thinking about the context of the 1980s, when a large amount of 3 byte waste (the 1 byte null char is a form of 'waste' itself) might have been a problem back then.
- jstimpfle 5y agoPacked structs with char fields of 8 bytes or so are still common.