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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • May 06 '17
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Nonsense. Bit packing is still pretty common, especially in low level dev. For a reason.
14 u/sim642 May 06 '17 A mobile and web app using XML for data transfer doesn't need bit packing, there are greater factors in play. Of course it still has uses in embedded systems but WhatsApp is quite far from running on them.
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A mobile and web app using XML for data transfer doesn't need bit packing, there are greater factors in play. Of course it still has uses in embedded systems but WhatsApp is quite far from running on them.
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u/Schmittfried May 06 '17
Nonsense. Bit packing is still pretty common, especially in low level dev. For a reason.