[beginner] What's wrong?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 02:57 pm, Gregory Ewing wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> even though the French often still disagree,
>> preferring words like « ordinateur » and « octet » over “computer” and
>> “byte”, respectively
> 
> To be fair, "octet" is a slightly more precise term than
> "byte", meaning exactly 8 bits (whereas "byte" could
> theoretically mean something else depending on the
> context).

"Theoretically"?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2098149/what-platforms-have-something-other-than-8-bit-char






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Steven