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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Byte sex confusion
Date: 1997/05/10
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Jeff Carter says

<<A simple solution is to convert everything into a standard
representation, and have portable conversion routines to and from that
representation.>>

Note that this approach risks stepping on a patent that is held by
the Mark Williams company. The validity of this patent has not been
established by litigation, but my understanding is that it has been
the basis of some significant negotiations.

This is one of many highly surprising patents in the software field.
Pity Greg Aharonian is not around, this is one area that he *does*
know something about :-)