Could you please explain the numbers "2147483647" you have on your recipe
below? If you can point me to any source where I can read about it I
appreciate.
The number 2147483647 is (2^31)-1 or in simpler terms MAXINT for
signed 32 bit integers. This is the largest possible number which
can be stored in a signed integer variable.
An unsigned 32-bit integer can store up to 4294967296
Other "magic" numbers are
65536 (2^16 i.e. unsigned maxint for 16 bit integer)
32767 (2^15-1 signed 16bit maxint)
256 (Unsigned 8bit maxint ... number of 8-bit ASCII chars)
127 (signed 8bit maxint)
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