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").
> 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
> 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