Reply to post: Re: 32,768

Gospel according to HPE: And lo, on the 32,768th hour did thy SSD give up the ghost

Phil Endecott

Re: 32,768

Well not really, in “practically every programming language” in 2019 an integer is 32 or 64 bits, and a long integer is 64 bits. It’s a long time since you got only 16 bits by default. you need to go out of your way to ask for a short.

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