• make -j8@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    it’s 255 for maximum index, but still 256 for maximum count though lol but agreed, 255 would be more obvious

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      19 hours ago

      Well still 255 for maximum count if you’re using an 8-bit number to COUNT billionaires like your initial comment said - but if you’re using an 8-bit number to index your collection of billionaires, then yes, you could get up to 256.

      For counting we should always at least have the possibility of a 0 value, hence we count actual billionaires from 1-255. With indexing, 0 is already the first billionaire, so we get billionaires from 0-255, or a total of 256