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Re:Zero One Infinity Rule by pyuser583 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:08PM (#35213587)
The Wiki page says the problem isn’t with limits, but with arbitrary limits.

When a program limits me to 256 of something, it doesn’t seem arbitrary.

I’ve heard stories of programmers setting limits to multiples of two simply so nobody asks why.

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Re:Zero One Infinity Rule by bee_rider on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:20PM (#35214616)
Although any time I see a limit of 256 I think “are they really using a byte here?”
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