valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > And the -10s and -20s were the major reason RFCs refer to octets > rather than bytes, as they had a rather slippery notion of "byte" > (anywhere from 6 to 9 bits, often multiple sizes used *in the > same program*).
Not quite correct. Anywhere from 1 to 36 bits, and not spanning a 36-bit word boundary. Essentialy what is now known as a bit field. --Johnny
