NotSpez@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?message-squaremessage-square555fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down110
arrow-up1611arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?NotSpez@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square555fedilink
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHuh interesting. Why 2^31? I thought it was done in things like 2^32. We could have pushed this to 2106.
minus-squareSHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoSigned integers. The number indeed goes to 2^32 but the second half is reserved for negative numbers. With 8 bit numbers for simplicity: 0 means 0. 127 means 127 (last number before 2^(7)). 128 means -128. 255 means -1.
Huh interesting. Why 2^31? I thought it was done in things like 2^32. We could have pushed this to 2106.
Signed integers. The number indeed goes to 2^32 but the second half is reserved for negative numbers.
With 8 bit numbers for simplicity:
0 means 0.
127 means 127 (last number before 2^(7)).
128 means -128.
255 means -1.