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    Default Should integers get any larger?

    Well, this is pretty trivial - but do you think that computer architects will start using 128 bit integers? (This is after 64 bit, or an "Int64").

    After 32 there is:

    64 bit: 2^64 = 9.223.372.036.854.775.808 (nine quintillion)

    128 bit: 2^128 = 3,4028236692093846346337460743177e+38 (dunno)

    256 bit: 2^256 = 1,1579208923731619542357098500869e+77 (too large pl0x?)

    512 bit: 2^512 = 1,3407807929942597099574024998206e+154 (WTF)


    I can't really see the use of any of these but... Well, way back when the dinosaurs walked the earth, they though 1 meg of memory was more than anyone would ever need. What now?
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    Not for a long, long time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smartzkid View Post
    Not for a long, long time.
    Like two years?

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    Tell me, when do you ever use an integer that's bigger than 32 bits?

    Maybe certain scientific applications, but other than that, I can't come up with many uses for anything bigger than 64 bits.
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    The supa dupa noob-inater encryption/auth fantastic service maybe?
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    Well there was 8-bit and nobody ever thought of the 64 bit of today? I say we will soon get to 1024-bit in about a decade.


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    Holy shit *.*

    What would we use that for?
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    Quote Originally Posted by R0b0t1 View Post
    Holy shit *.*

    What would we use that for?
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    I don't really see, where do you need that big integers o__O

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    What would be the point? When would ANYBODY use so big integers?

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    Or maybe 1024-bit encryption, if anything could handle it? (have fun cracking that one)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kik View Post
    Or maybe 1024-bit encryption, if anything could handle it? (have fun cracking that one)
    Well if we had 1024-bit encryption we would need very fast computers. I mean as encryptions grew so did the technology meaning it was fast enough to crack it. I don't think we will ever get around cracking, we will just remain lucky not to get cracked, and keep in mind that there is ALWAYS a possibility of getting cracked.


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    Quote Originally Posted by R0b0t1 View Post
    Well, this is pretty trivial - but do you think that computer architects will start using 128 bit integers? (This is after 64 bit, or an "Int64").

    After 32 there is:

    64 bit: 2^64 = 9.223.372.036.854.775.808 (nine quintillion)

    128 bit: 2^128 = 3,4028236692093846346337460743177e+38 (dunno)

    256 bit: 2^256 = 1,1579208923731619542357098500869e+77 (too large pl0x?)

    512 bit: 2^512 = 1,3407807929942597099574024998206e+154 (WTF)


    I can't really see the use of any of these but... Well, way back when the dinosaurs walked the earth, they though 1 meg of memory was more than anyone would ever need. What now?
    How much time do you have to waste of your life...? By the way...we could use this to lag our computers...badly.

    SCAR Code:
    procedure LagComputer;
    var
      I : Integer;
    begin
      for I := 0 to 1000000000000000000000000 do
        WriteLn(IntToStr(I));
    end;

    begin
      LagComputer;
    end.

    Good luck making your computer run after that.
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    Roflmao, how long was the time between making the joke tut and this thread? lolled at - "nine quintillion, dunno, too large pl0x, WTF "

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kik View Post
    Or maybe 1024-bit encryption, if anything could handle it? (have fun cracking that one)
    LMAO i think i would actually!

    though it might take me a life time....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Santa_Clause View Post
    How much time do you have to waste of your life...? By the way...we could use this to lag our computers...badly.

    SCAR Code:
    procedure LagComputer;
    var
      I : Integer;
    begin
      for I := 0 to 1000000000000000000000000 do
        WriteLn(IntToStr(I));
    end;

    begin
      LagComputer;
    end.

    Good luck making your computer run after that.
    you're scipt:

    SCAR Code:
    Successfully compiled
    0
    Successfully executed

    it didn't lagg

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