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josef betancourt

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Why not store numbers as diff of previous number? Posted: May 11, 2015 6:25 AM
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This morning had a thought. We store numbers in a fixed sized memory space. So if we use four bytes to store numbers we would need eight bytes to store the numbers 5 and 6. But, what if we store 5 in four bytes and then 6 in one bit? If the bit is on, […]

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