----- Message d'origine ----- De : "Doug Ewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : "Unicode List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Envoyé : 22 juillet, 2000 21:24 Objet : Re: Unicode FAQ addendum > John G. Otto, alias "jgo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > > >> Addison wrote: > >> 1. 1 byte != 1 character: deal with it. > > > > Hmm, depends on how you define "byte". > > I've seen them in 8-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit and 18-bit varieties. > > True, and there have also been 6-bit and 9-bit bytes. However, in an > age when many people are ready to consign "relics" like floppy disks, > dial-up Internet connections, and character-cell graphics to the legacy > trash heap, I think it is safe to assume that the word "byte" refers to > exactly 8 bits, and ignore all other possible values. Or simply use octet which is unambiguous. Definition 4.27 (ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000(E)) : « An ordered sequence of eight bits considered as a unit. » The English version of ISO 10646 does not define or use the word « byte » Pigheaded French guys insisting upon new words in French to describe what already exist in English sometimes can enrich other languages by « ricochet » when a new word is needed ;-) Patrick Andries Dorval (Québec)
