You know you're completely a programming geek when...

[jducoeur]

... you notice the current checkin revision number is 32697, and a part of you starts wanting to time your programming just right so that you get checkin 32768...

Comments

[antoniseb.livejournal.com]

Well yes, I do that, but I'm old. Kids these days probably don't even think of 2 to the 63 as a break point.

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

OK, I'll bite. What?

[jducoeur]

2 to the 16th, divided by 2. It's one of those magic numbers that any programmer of my generation knows by heart.

(Being able to count the powers of 2 was a basic programming skill for many years, in part because many programs would break when they hit this number...)

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

There were a few reasons to know that number when I was a CS major too, but it was only rarely necessary by the early 90's.

[evilnicola.livejournal.com]

My comp sci professor in 2005 taught it as part of our week long study of programming history, but it was only really a quick mention.

[rocksryan.livejournal.com]

signed 16 bit integers!

omg it took me so long to remember! it was nagging me since I read it.