Twitpocalypse: The Second Coming is on the horizon

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Marcel Molina

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Jul 31, 2009, 5:52:34 PM7/31/09

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Twitter status ids are fast approaching the maximum 32-bit *unsigned*
integer value (4,294,967,295).

The current estimate is that this will occur in approximately 60 days,
at the end of September. The 60 day window is a best-guess
approximation based on projections. It could conceivably happen
sooner.

Developers are encouraged to not only update their applications to use
a 64-bit integer (BIGINT/long long), but also verify that all
libraries they use are also prepared to handle 64-bit integers.