At 6:34 PM 10/17/94, Masataka Ohta wrote:
You say NULL problem of 7bit should be inherited to 8bit.
But, dependeing on implementations, 7bit is broken in various ways and
degrees.
Let's make it simple: 8BIT is a strict superset of 7BIT. The only thing
different in 8BIT is that octets may have their 8th bit on.
How many of it, do you think, will also be inherited to binary?
Binary is different, since it very much does NOT try to be a simple
variation of 7BIT, whereas the spec clearly states that 8BIT does.
d/
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