Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Computer manufacturers have gotten together and agreed on a standard
(or
standards), for example, ASCII.
This standard specifies that 8 bits arranged in a certain sequence
stand
[snip]
ASCII is a 7 bit code.
D'oh!
It has indeed been a while. Thanks for the catch.
See there's them fundamental questions again ;-)
On the DEC KAL10 processor with TOPS 10 OS using FORTRAN
back in 1977, we could use A5 format. The DEC10 processor
was a 36 bit machine. So 5 characters times 7 bits fit
into a single word, with one bit left over YOU COULD DO
*ANYTHING* YOU WANTED TO WITH THAT BIT!
WOOO-HOOOO!
Sorry, got carried away, there.
Mike
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p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
This message made from 100% recycled bits.
You have found the bank of Larn.
I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!
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