Re: Cohen's paper on byte order

From: Douglas A. Gwyn (DAGwyn@null.net)
Date: 04/06/03 

Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 15:43:07 -0400
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>

Roger Schlafly wrote:
> That's right, and it has been true for about 30 years. Over 99.9%
> of programmers today have never seen a computer with a
> byte being something other than 8 bits, and never will.

First, you're completely wrong. There are processors of
recent design that are not 8-bit oriented, although of
course one can program them to handle 8-bit objects when
necessary.

Second, if your claim about programmers is true, it is a
shame they are so poorly educated, but that has no
bearing on the meaning of concepts with which they may
be unfamiliar.

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