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Doesn't have to be stupid. A normal integer in binary representation ALWAYS consumes 4 bytes. With string representation you have 1000 numbers that will beat th
by Too 14y ago
Doesn't have to be stupid. A normal integer in binary representation ALWAYS consumes 4 bytes. With string representation you have 1000 numbers that will beat that as they only need <=3 characters. Numbers in that range are actually used very frequently.
- pjscott 14y agoFunny you should mention that. Msgpack uses a variable-length binary encoding for integers. It can, for example, fit integers in the interval [-32, 127] into a single byte. And unlike that fixed four-byte encoding you mention, it can also handle 64-bit integers. (I'm not disagreeing with you, or anything. I just like talking about binary encodings.)
- jspthrowaway2 14y agoThere is also zigzag encoding, something Protocol Buffers (I believe) introduced for general usage. Thrift later copied it for the compact encoding. It's pretty interesting.
- rorrr 14y ago> A normal integer in binary representation ALWAYS consumes 4 bytes That's not true. Most languages have 1-byte integers, 2-byte integers and 4-byte integers.
- reeses 14y agoTruly awesome languages use binary-coded decimal. Ok, I'll show myself out.