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Then we would be stuck with 16 bits integers. We are lucky to be in a point in time where integer types have been stable for a while, but it wasn't always so.
by gpderetta 3y ago
Then we would be stuck with 16 bits integers. We are lucky to be in a point in time where integer types have been stable for a while, but it wasn't always so.
- IshKebab 3y agoWe wouldn't. People would update their code eventually or opt in to variable sized integers.