Re^4: how ! operator works

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in reply to Re^3: how ! operator works
in thread how ! operator works

That refcount (2147483647) looks strangely familiar.

Just print it out in hex and you'll see:

7FFFFFFF

which is a clear indication that this is the largest positive integer you can stuff into a signed 32 bit integer (2's complement).

So yeah, your guess is very likely correct.