"However, we were talking about array indexes, for loops, and file offsets for a single file. These are 8 byte variables within a running program." This depend

"However, we were talking about array indexes, for loops, and file offsets for a single file. These are 8 byte variables within a running program." This depends on storage/page layout etc. See for ex. https://db.cs.pitt.edu/courses/cs3551/16-1/handouts/db2BLU.pdf https://db.cs.pitt.edu/courses/cs3551/16-1/handouts/db2BLU.p...