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		codeulike on Sept 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reboot Your Dreamliner Every 248 Days to Avoid Int... Storage space was the problem, used to be expensive.

wnissen on Sept 4, 2018 [–]

Specifically, 32 bits of PDP11 core memory cost on the order of $2, and that was per timestamp. Pretty obvious why you wouldn't go 64-bit unless you had to.

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