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Re:What every PhD should know before interviewing with a tec... by seanmcdirmid on Friday July 21, 2017 @09:01AM (#14820107)
As for the last point, would you expect them to tell you it's impossible for populations to go negative?
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Re:What every PhD should know before interviewing with a tec... by kartickv on Saturday July 22, 2017 @12:03AM (#14825342)
No, they should be able to make that common-sense assumption, and you need a 64-bit integer in either case.
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