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Re:One million lines of code ought to be enough for anybody by gpm on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:20PM (#21827054)
129 bits compared to what?

If we made the limit 2^32 the total size of those 3 values would only be 96 bits, and you would only be saving 32 bits.

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Re:One million lines of code ought to be enough for anybody by ModernMech on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:26PM (#21828329)
Compared to a 64 bit size. But you're still saving space either way.
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