On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 15:13 -0400, smcphelan wrote: > Here, here. Chris also stated this. ANSI standard M is not really designed > to handle binary data. This is one reason Intersystems added extensions (if > you wish to call it that). But then you are bound to a specific M vendor's > implementation, in this case, Cache. >
This is all beyond me because all data is just data. ASCI, Binary, all the same thing. No matter how you look at it, a byte can only have one of 256 representations. The rest is all interpretation. Ruben ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
