[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[ChrisQ]

On 08/24/12 15:47, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> You are (again) in the text assuming that a byte is 8 bits.

> Having anything use 8-bit bytes on a PDP-8 is extremely inefficient.

Nitpicking. Most people understand a byte to mean 8 bits, where as a 
pdp8 had
a 12 bit wordsize. The byte efficieny, or not, of that machine is not 
relevant
here.

Using the term octet makes it even clearer.

Give me a few common use examples of real life computing where a byte means
anything other than 8 bits. I'm sure there must be a few.

Don't you just love the level of debate in this group :-) ?...

Regards,

Chris