Back when cpus, memory, and hard drives were limited bit masks were the most efficient way to store flags. Why store one flag in a variable when you could store 8 flags in a byte? Why not do the everything the most efficient way possible? Because cpus, memory, and hard drivers aren’t limiting factors anymore.
If you’ve every wondered about software optimizations that aren’t worth doing anymore, this is the episode for you!
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