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 -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
