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Comment by tromp 3 hours ago

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> that headline doesn't even include "program" (or "compute").

Neither does Scott's article titled "Who Can Name the Bigger Number?" [1]

The title is just a way to invite the reader to find out why the answer isn't simply 2^64-1.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9058986