Re: Migrating to larger numbers

Scott McDermott (vaxerdec@frontiernet.net)
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 02:44:39 -0400

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Riley Williams on Sun 30/05 19:02 +0100:
> 32-bits allows for nearly 4,300 million users, which is about the
> population of China if I remember correctly.

The population of China is close to one billion, not four.

-- Scott

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