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by sys_64738 1322 days ago
Is age really an unsigned byte?
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Age is definitely a signed byte, unfortunately. Nobody has ever reached 127, and -1 is valid for foeti.
In Korea you are 1 when you are born, so 0 would apply?
Frozen embryos might be even younger than -(9/12)
nope, just a 7-bit ASCII char