[NNTP] 32 bit article counters

Steve Walker nntp at nntpserver.com
Fri Jul 15 04:37:19 PDT 2005


Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

>>(I wonder how much software will fail at 31 bits, too.
> 
> 
> The fact that nobody has worried about this is - to my mind - another stake
> through the "977 had no limit" argument.

No, it's just lazy programmers in general.  Typing 'int' is 
shorter, then 'unsigned long long'.

Steve.






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