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Re: should "use byte" be "use bytes"?

From:

Larry Wall

Date:

February 9, 2000 12:45

Subject:

Re: should "use byte" be "use bytes"?

Message ID:

200002092044.MAA22023@kiev.wall.org

Dan Sugalski writes:
: When the RFCs first started coming out, bytes weren't always 8 bits, 
: though, hence octet. Not that perl runs on any TOPS-20 machines (does it?), 
: but byte has historically ranged between 6 and 9 bits depending on the 
: machine you were on.

I prefer bytes over octets because it's one <mumble> shorter.

Larry

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