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Blog post argues eight bytes are already a number
Original: Eight Bytes Are a Number https://blog.sebastiansastre.co/posts/eight-bytes-are-already-a-number/ # HackerNews # Tech # P
A blog post by Sebastian Sastre argues that eight bytes should be understood directly as a number, rather than treated merely as raw binary data. The piece is being shared among programmers on Hacker News, where readers are discussing how low-level data representations relate to numeric types.
Why now: It is circulating on Hacker News, where programming articles about low-level data representation draw discussion.
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- Eight Bytes Are a Number https://blog.sebastiansastre.co/posts/eight-bytes-are-already-a-number/ # HackerNews # Tech # Programming · hackernews@robot.villas · 3
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