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From: Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 14:10:44 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:42:04 GMT
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wibbled:
>Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org writes:
>>On Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:14:20 GMT
>>scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wibbled:
>>>Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org writes:
>>>>On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:20:05 GMT
>>>>scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wibbled:
>>>>>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com writes:
>>>>>>On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 16:33:46 +0100
>>>>>>bart <bc@freeuk.com> gabbled:
>>>>>>>On 02/04/2025 16:12, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
>>>>>>>> Meh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>What's the problem with it? Here, tell me at a glance the magnitude of 
>>>>>>>this number:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     10000000000
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And how often do you hard code values that large into a program? Almost
>>>>>>never I imagine unless its some hex value to set flags in a word.
>>>>>
>>>>>Every day, several times a day. 16 hex digit constants are very
>>>>>common in my work.  The digit separator really helps with readability,
>>>>
>>>>Oh really? What are you doing, hardcoding password hashes?
>>>
>>>Modeling a very complicated 64-bit system-on-chip.
>>
>>If you're hardcoding all that you're doing it wrong. Should be in some kind
>>of loaded config file.
>
>You're flailing around in the dark.  Again.

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