[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-08-23 15:25, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <%McZr.22053$FY2.64 at fx27.am4>, ChrisQ <meru at devnull.com> writes:
>>
>> If you read back in the thread, you'll see that what i'm really getting at
>> is that a byte  stream is the most generic / lowest common denominator, from
>> which all other data formats can be layered on top of.
>
>     Just try that on an 18 bit computer.  Or a 36 bit computer.

However, a byte does not necessarily imply 8 bits...

	Johnny