Martin v. Löwis wrote:
Peter Hansen wrote:
For the rest of the computer world, unless I've missed a changing of the guard or something, "kilo" is 1024 and "mega" is 1024*1024 and so forth...
In case this isn't clear yet: you have missed a changing of the guard or something. "kibi" is 1024, "mebi" is 1024*1024 and so forth. "kilo" is 1000.
Yeah, saw the link. The IEC doesn't speak for me, I'm afraid. And as the wikipedia notes, "As of 2005 this naming convention has not gained widespread use."
I suspect I and many others will go to our graves not being comfortable mebbling and gibbling over our bytes, though we'll probably spend a lot of time kibbling over the issue...
Indeed - it's a little early to say that we've missed a changing of the guard! :)
Multiple definitions aside, "kilo" and "mega" are far too entrenched - even if I could manage to say "kibibyte" with a straight face, I'd get nothing but blank stares in return.
-Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
