• ch00f@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    How about the processor optimization as your 8 bit number needs to be packed and unpacked every time you want to use it?

    I you read the responses here, there’s enough ambiguity about the choice of 256 users to maybe put a damper on the reflext to gatekeep computer science from a journalist.