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Re:Rust: 128 bit integers preparing to be released by hroi on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:38AM (#13100100)
What is your point? u32/u128 are not mathematical integers. They are actually bit strings, just like IP addresses and unlike mathematical integers.
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Re:Rust: 128 bit integers preparing to be released by Ericson2314 on Sunday December 04, 2016 @09:48AM (#13100128)
They are mathematical cyclic groups!
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