and it would also break everyone who CAN handle 64 bit ints and expects results in decimal numeric format.
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 16:01, Richard <ryt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can this not be returned as hex or base64? > It would save bandwidth for Twitter (and us) and make it a string > people could convert it to 64bit int if they still want to. > > On Sep 25, 10:16 pm, Scott Haneda <talkli...@newgeo.com> wrote: > > I would not change either. But there are those here that are stating > > they need new hardware to work around this issue, and that they can > > not afford that. I was trying to be that voice of reason if that is > > the road/excuse they are choosing to go. > > > > There seem to be acceptable workarounds, solid proposed workarounds, > > etc. I guess I am not getting it, JSON is just a string returned, > > yes, it can represent type of data, but it is still just a string. I > > can not see it being that huge a performance hit to massage that > > string a bit once you get ahold of it. > > -- > > Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * > > > > On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:02 PM, jmathai wrote: > > > > > It's ridiculous to suggest a change in hardware (64 bit) or software > > > (switch from PHP) to use Twitter's API. It's not like either of these > > > are archaic. It sucks, sure, but it's silly to suggest such a > > > "solution". > > > > > BTW, I don't have this problem. I'm just trying to be the voice of > > > reason. > -- Internets. Serious business.
