On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 8:02 PM, <to...@acm.org> wrote: > I could claim that a file containing all 256 ASCII codes is a text file > for my use. On the contrary I could also >
That's the thing: there AREN'T 256 ASCII points. ASCII defines only 7, with the 8th being being used by applications back in the day. e.g. shells marked string content via its 8th bit. If it has ANY bytes above 127, it's not, by definition, ASCII. i.e. "it's binary." -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
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