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From: gwinn@ma.ultranet.com (Joe Gwinn)
Subject: Re: Size of 0..255 is not 8 bits?
Date: 1998/05/17
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In article <dewar.895323945@merv>, dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote:

> Joe said
> 
> <<If the same problems and misunderstandings keep arising, perhaps this is a
> good area to write some FAQ items about.
> >>
> 
> Well of course it is not exactly the same problems and misunderstandings,
> each customer's case that we help with tends to be a different situation
> (support is not a shrink wrapped replicated item :-)
> 
> But I agree that a general FAQ writeup would be useful and it would be nice
> if someone would do one!

I can't think of anyone in a better position to write such FAQ items than
Robert Dewar, who by virtue of his GNAT related activities at ACT sees
much more of the pattern of usual and customary user errors than most of
us put together.

Joe Gwinn