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Re:Laws of Software Engineering by estimator7292 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:45PM (#47852015)
On the one hand, in today's world asking how many bits is in an int is exactly as answerable as "how long is a piece of rope"

On the other, the right answer is 16 or 32. It's not the correct answer, strictly speaking, but it is the right one.

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Re:Laws of Software Engineering by jandrewrogers on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:21PM (#47852460)
An 'int' is also 64 bits on some platforms.
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Re:Laws of Software Engineering by fragmede on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:44PM (#47852755)
It's the wrong question. How many bits is uint64 is a much better question, if we're at a place where that's relevant.
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