From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,811674947553ef14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-26 10:22:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!burlma1-snr2!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C02862F.B1F2948F@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free" References: <5LHYDjy2Mcfg@eisner.encompasserve.org> <3BFC5861.D3E2B270@acm.org> <3bfcc8a9$0$15836$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <3BFEEB0B.E1C0E709@brighton.ac.uk> <9toatb$4bn$1@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de> <9tou8e$q0a$1@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de> <87y9kvhx55.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:13:03 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1006798400 151.168.144.162 (Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:13:20 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:13:20 EST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16995 Date: 2001-11-26T13:13:03-05:00 List-Id: > "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