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Re:MessagePack: like JSON, but fast and small by zeroimpl on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:25PM (#22539880)
It can represent less than 0.1% of all 64-bit ints. That doesn’t seem like most to me.
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Re:MessagePack: like JSON, but fast and small by mark-r on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:33PM (#22539964)
I didn't claim 64-bit ints, I claimed 53-bit ints. How often do you use ints in the range from 54 to 64 bits? I'm willing to bet it's close to never. That's what I meant by "most". You have to consider the distribution.
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Re:MessagePack: like JSON, but fast and small by ben0x539 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @04:17AM (#22544065)
randomly generated IDs as 64 bit ints, pretty often. I mean, tweet IDs are up there too.
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