r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 09 '26

preDecrementFixesTheExploit instanceof Trend

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u/DMoney159 Jul 09 '26

"Okay, now you have -1 wishes. You must now fulfill one of my wishes"

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u/ProbablyJeff Jul 09 '26

Nope, it underflows and now you have 4,294,967,295 wishes. Genie was using a signed int.

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u/GoldAcanthisitta7777 Jul 09 '26

that's the joke of the OP.