• zogwarg@awful.systems
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    6 months ago

    Unsigned integers are larger because… Because the containing variables don’t have a signature that crypto-statically constrains it to the lower set! (Yes that must be it)

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      6 months ago

      “my computer’s so secure! it does mean I can only use 32-bit applications on this 64-bit cpu, but alas. all for security!”

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        6 months ago

        (even typing that made me wince. I hope anyone who had to deal with 32->64 in any capacity some years ago doesn’t get hurt reading this)