> In the latter case, > there is the problem that M programmers have a propensity for using > sentinel values like "^" to delimit data items, but the first problem > is much more serious. >
The only sure fire way to get data moved somewhere is with something like fread or fwrite. You must know how much data your moving because any character (or even combination of chars) can be part of a string/binary Ruben > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The most incomprehensible thing about > the world is that it is at all comprehensible." > --Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > > > On Aug 21, 2005, at 1:26 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 12:57 -0700, Chris Richardson wrote: > > > >> Ah, but how big is a character? MUMPS deals in characters > >> reguardless of > >> the number of octets required to represent it. > >> > >> 1Octet = 8 bits > >> > >> Ascii - 1 octet/character > >> Unicode, Kanji,Katakana,etc - 2 octets/character > >> ISO-10646 - 4octets/character > >> > > > > In terms of storing and retrieving data, it shouldn't matter. We've > > been dealing with 7 bit encoded attachments for a decade in email. > > > > Ruben > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
