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NickM
1614 days ago
I don't think it's specific to "the prime-enthusiast community". Most people would look at you oddly if you claimed that 3 is a five-digit number.
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lapetitejort
1613 days ago
On the flip side, many people here would claim that 0x00000003 is an eight digit number.
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floatingatoll
1613 days ago
Only to win an argument by nitpick golfing. In everyday serious conversation that’s a 4-byte number, not an 8-digit number.
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