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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) wc --tldr permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/src/wc.c#n507 The word count variable is an intmax_t, so assuming ISO C (it's GNU so probably not but whatever) it has to be at least C99 and thus support at least 64 bit long long. Looking forward to the nine quintillion word LW posts. Wonder if I should submit a patch to make wc(1) use GMP for future proofing purposes… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/src/wc.c#n507 The word count variable is an intmax_t, so assuming ISO C (it's GNU so probably not but whatever) it has to be at least C99 and thus support at least 64 bit long long. Looking forward to the nine quintillion word LW posts. Wonder if I should submit a patch to make wc(1) use GMP for future proofing purposes… permalink fedilink source parent