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From: Wes Groleau <wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free"
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:13:03 -0500
Date: 2001-11-26T13:13:03-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C02862F.B1F2948F@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87y9kvhx55.fsf@deneb.enyo.de


> "Octet" is common even in English stadardese.  POSIX uses it, for
> example.

That's to avoid fights with purists who point out that
"byte" is not eight bits on some machines.

-- 
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau



  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-26 18:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-21 22:28 OT: Meaning of the word "free" Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-21 23:57 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-11-22 12:06   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-23  5:51     ` AG
2001-11-23 11:49       ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-23 12:03         ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-25  1:15     ` Mark Lundquist
2001-11-26 15:31       ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-26 18:10         ` Wes Groleau
2001-11-22  1:44 ` OT: " Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-22  9:43   ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-24  0:34     ` John English
2001-11-24 10:42       ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-24 14:30         ` Adrian Knoth
2001-11-24 19:00           ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-24 20:00             ` Adrian Knoth
2001-11-25 10:41               ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-25 12:07               ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-26 18:13                 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2001-11-25 13:45               ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-11-25 22:43               ` David Starner
2001-11-26  9:31           ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-26 10:51           ` John English
2001-11-26 18:56             ` OT: Meaning of the word Ted Dennison
2001-11-26 20:26               ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-27 11:37                 ` John English
2001-11-28  0:45                   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-22 10:55   ` OT: Meaning of the word "free" Preben Randhol
2001-11-22 10:53 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-22 18:31   ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-11-23 12:07     ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-22 17:46 ` Julio Cano
2001-11-22 20:38   ` Adrian Knoth
2001-11-23 20:24     ` Julio Cano
2001-11-24  3:56       ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-24  0:36   ` John English
2001-11-22 21:29 ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-24  0:30 ` John English
2001-11-24 11:54   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-24 17:57     ` Robert Dewar
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2001-11-26  2:19 tmoran
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