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Am 07.10.18 um 21:06 schrieb Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason:
> Picking any one number is explained in the comment. I'm asking why 17 in
> particular not for correctness reasons but as a bit of historical lore,
> and because my ulterior is to improve the GC docs.
> 
> The number in that comic is 4 (and no datestamp on when it was
> published). Are you saying Junio's patch is somehow a reference to that
> xkcd in particular, or that it's just a funny reference in this context?

No lore, AFAIR. It's just a random number, determined by a fair dice 
roll or something ;)

-- Hannes