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>FWIW I'm in favor of 'octets' (sic). I'm an engineer; the term is more
>precise; I cannot help myself :-)
That's the same urge that asks for
utilize octets;
vs
use bytes;
Perl has always revelled in its pedestrian roots. If we want to
start adding the kind of pretentious fufi-talk that "octets" sounds
like to the regular speaker, it will lose some of its charm. I
have a wealth of other suggestions along those lines waiting for
when you make that decision. :-)
--tom