>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