In Java for example, an "int" is 32 bits, even on 64 bits machines/VMs ... where the address space can reach 16.3 million terabytes.
So this little bug can byte, but only if you're manipulating large datasets in memory. And then it's easily discoverable, on top of managed languages anyway (since the index used on an array can't be negative).
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Well, yes and no.
In Java for example, an "int" is 32 bits, even on 64 bits machines/VMs ... where the address space can reach 16.3 million terabytes.
So this little bug can byte, but only if you're manipulating large datasets in memory. And then it's easily discoverable, on top of managed languages anyway (since the index used on an array can't be negative).
Well, if you're using int where you mean size_t, that's your bug -- not the binary search.