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What about variable lengths ?

This matter has always fascinated me.

Your post is interesting, but it omits the notion of variable length.

I'd like to know what your take is on calculating the number of different possible songs
if the songs can be of variable length (i.e., of any size between 1 and 211,680,000).

I'd calculate that by summing all powers of two between 1 and 211,680,000 inclusively.

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