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hahahaha holy shit https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34373113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34373113
by Centigonal 4y ago
hahahaha holy shit
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34373113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34373113
- Kranar 4y agoThe author of that comment was incorrect though. Page 18 of the PDF shows that it was an arbitrarily hardcoded number encoded in a BigDecimal, has nothing to do with 16 bit integers. Furthermore the limit was 65*3*55... whereas the max 16-bit unsigned integer is 65*5*35, so the digits don't even match up. It's a cool hypothesis, and perhaps the person who hardcoded that number was even inspired by 2^16 - 1 in some way, but as the replies point out it doesn't really make much sense beyond an odd curiosity.
- Centigonal 4y agoI didn't catch the 65355 vs. 65535 thing. That just raises more questions...