What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of? - eviltoast
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    1 year ago

    Because that’s how it was initially defined. I’m sure plenty of places use unsigned, which means it might either work correctly for another 68 years… or break because it gets converted to a 32 bit signed somewhere.