From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id aa91236d for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EEB6EA1DEA; Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:49:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 876DA9410D; Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:49:16 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=thunk.org header.i=@thunk.org header.b=bJQjzfkx; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 482DE9410D; Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:49:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from imap.thunk.org (imap.thunk.org [74.207.234.97]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6C8D94106 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:49:10 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=thunk.org; s=ef5046eb; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=K3AiFRb3f5c71zaWtn9tz77CUgsCoc2StuJhLstK2L4=; b=bJQjzfkx8eEKLTb1vsX3y459sh wXNHpBJxxxn2No386qRiy+QvvncbI/75icfhNIOWZelR7XTSMShBsRj5zyGulKp6DxIlajunT132v Ng3k4yoB9C78x0W6SUCV5IS4RkyQRITKNLMCdU7AT9V4dhG3oOjKnUep7m6zk8YUGv08=; Received: from root (helo=callcc.thunk.org) by imap.thunk.org with local-esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1g4oeD-0000AJ-IA; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:49:09 +0000 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id BF69F7A510B; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:49:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:49:08 -0400 From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" To: Noel Chiappa Message-ID: <20180925144908.GA2933@thunk.org> References: <20180925121212.C179D18C08D@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180925121212.C179D18C08D@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tytso@thunk.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on imap.thunk.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Subject: Re: [TUHS] SPARC is CRAPS spelled backwards. X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 08:12:12AM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Arthur Krewat > > > Also, granted, to this day you can still use only 8-bits of a register: > > Yeah, but that's not totally useless; lots of byte-organized data out there in > the world, e.g. ASCII strings. 16-bit data, less so, although there is some in > networking protocols (checksums, ports, etc - although the checksums you > _compute_ using bigger chunks). Windows and Microsoft Office still uses UTF-16.... - Ted