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lapetitejort on Jan 21, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Primel – guess a 5 digit prime number – each guess...

On the flip side, many people here would claim that 0x00000003 is an eight digit number.

floatingatoll on Jan 21, 2022 [–]

Only to win an argument by nitpick golfing. In everyday serious conversation that’s a 4-byte number, not an 8-digit number.

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