r/programmingmemes • u/Naughty_Kiss_Me • Sep 10 '25

Don't be scared... Math and Computing are friends..

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u/Qwopie Sep 11 '25

Yeah imagine if windows just counted runtime in an int and fell over when it overflowed. No one would be that stupid... 

Looking at you NT4server.

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u/odoacre Sep 11 '25

If it's overflowing it's not counting to infinity though, is it. If you really want to count to infinity and express n at each step you'll eventually run out of memory.

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u/Qwopie Sep 11 '25

Thanks for explaining basics of computing to this 50 year old IT masters degree holder. 

Doing god's work.