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		dbaupp on Oct 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Billion laughs I think you mean 10^9 = 1e9 rather than 10e9. (And the parent actually mentioned the 3 GB minimum, I think it was essentially asking how much extra memory a real world XML parser uses.)

irishcoffee on Oct 21, 2012 [–]

Nope, 10e8 is what you're both looking for, as 1^9 is.. 1.

BCM43 on Oct 21, 2012 | | [–]

Actually, dbaupp is correct. The e1 parts means *10^9.

See: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1e9

rhino42 on Oct 21, 2012 | | [–]

Nope, 1e9 = 1 * 10^9. He was fine.

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