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minus-squaretired_n_bored@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoAs a software engineer: actually there is no need for a number of people as a power of 2 unless you need exactly 1 byte to store such information which sounds ridiculous for the size of Whatsapp
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoIt’d make sense at protocol level. Otherwise, yeah, even bit-size database columns end up being stored as a word unless the engine compacts it.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoOr some binary search tree with an artificial height lol.
As a software engineer: actually there is no need for a number of people as a power of 2 unless you need exactly 1 byte to store such information which sounds ridiculous for the size of Whatsapp
It’d make sense at protocol level. Otherwise, yeah, even bit-size database columns end up being stored as a word unless the engine compacts it.
Or some binary search tree with an artificial height lol.