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		hcs 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The largest number representable in 64 bits Surely you've been on HN long enough to know people just read the headline. Not that it would stop all sniping, but that headline doesn't even include "program" (or "compute").

tromp 1 day ago [–]

> that headline doesn't even include "program" (or "compute").

Neither does Scott's article titled "Who Can Name the Bigger Number?" [1]

The title is just a way to invite the reader to find out why the answer isn't simply 2^64-1.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9058986

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