Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!oliveb!sun!sluggo!melohn From: melohn%sluggo@Sun.COM (Bill Melohn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" Message-ID: <23484@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 00:09:56 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23484 Posted: Wed Jul 15 00:09:56 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jul-87 02:22:41 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <23436@sun.uucp> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: melohn@sun.UUCP (Bill Melohn) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 9 In article <23436@sun.uucp> guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes: >> O.K., I'll byte. (oops, pun initially unintended.) A byte IS eight >> bits!!! > >Don't say that within earshot of any PDP-10 aficionados.... Yes, you've clearly bit off more than you can chew. An Octet (as described in the TCP/IP RFCs) IS 8 bits; bytes are arbitrary both in size and order within the large variety of machine architectures.