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		_bz2r on Nov 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux ate my RAM > For some reason (probably because of the way it's implemented internally) (this is tautologically true)

cma on Nov 11, 2013 [–]

he means the rationale behind developing it that way was due to the way other stuff is laid out internally, not "the number shows up because the existing code codes for it and causes it to show up".

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