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the author is aware of existing Python code that already exceeds 2\ :sup:`16` lines of code.
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the author is aware of existing Python code that already exceeds 2\ :sup:`16` lines of code.
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A limit of one million fits into 20 bits which, although not as convenient for machine representation,
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A limit of one million fits into 20 bits which, although not as convenient for machine representation,
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is still reasonably compact. Three signed valuses in the range -1000_000 to +1000_000 can fit into a 64 bit word.
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is still reasonably compact. Three signed values in the range -1000_000 to +1000_000 can fit into a 64 bit word.
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A limit of one million is small enough for efficiency advantages (only 20 bits),
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A limit of one million is small enough for efficiency advantages (only 20 bits),
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but large enough not to impact users (no one has ever written a module of one million lines).
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but large enough not to impact users (no one has ever written a module of one million lines).
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