[Goober5000]

Depends on the system architecture. IIRC most doubles use 8.

[Hippo]

* Hippo gives up

[StratComm]

And never mind that the mission files are stored in ASCII, not binary.  So 360,000 is in fact three bytes longer than 100

Though Kara's right, if you're squeezing a mission file for 3 bytes you're an idiot.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Seeing as a single byte can hold a signed integer far larger than 36000... ((2^31)-1) to be technical.

A single byte only holds 256 possible values.  You might be thinking of a four-byte word.

Actually i was thinking a double which is 4 bytes, my mistake... (or am i wrong there too? i didnt read that chapter >_> )

I believe you are thinking of a Long (which goes from 0 to (2^32)-1).

[karajorma]

And never mind that the mission files are stored in ASCII, not binary.  So 360,000 is in fact three bytes longer than 100

Though Kara's right, if you're squeezing a mission file for 3 bytes you're an idiot.

Especially considering that removing one word from a briefing, debriefing or message would have a much bigger effect most of the time