Timeline for Why is there a limit on data types
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| Oct 4, 2018 at 8:20 | review | Close votes | |||
| Oct 9, 2018 at 3:05 | |||||
| Oct 3, 2018 at 22:17 | answer | added | Keith Thompson | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 7:29 | answer | added | rwong | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 2, 2018 at 22:13 | answer | added | chux | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 17, 2018 at 18:09 | audit | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 15, 2018 at 22:11 | comment | added | Deduplicator | As an aside, an int has a minimal maximum of 2 ** 15 - 1, and might fit into as little as one solitary memory slot, also known as byte. Some implementations have higher limits and/or different-sized bytes. | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 21:24 | answer | added | candied_orange | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 20:37 | comment | added | Martin Maat | Using more bits for a variable than needed to cover the range of possible values would be a waste of resources. Extending the number of bits when the value requires it would be really expensive and make things needlessly complicated.. | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 20:21 | history | edited | Martin Maat | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 32 bits require 4 x 8 bit bytes. |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 19:30 | answer | added | Ralf Kleberhoff | timeline score: 11 | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 19:25 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 15, 2018 at 19:11 | comment | added | gnat | Is asking “why” on language specs still considered as “primary opinion-based”... | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 18:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 15, 2018 at 18:49 | history | asked | Josh l | CC BY-SA 4.0 |