On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 12:57 -0700, Chris Richardson wrote: > Ah, but how big is a character? MUMPS deals in characters reguardless of > the number of octets required to represent it. > > 1Octet = 8 bits > > Ascii - 1 octet/character > Unicode, Kanji,Katakana,etc - 2 octets/character > ISO-10646 - 4octets/character
In terms of storing and retrieving data, it shouldn't matter. We've been dealing with 7 bit encoded attachments for a decade in email. Ruben > > Then there were 36 bit words (6 (6-bit) characters per word (Univac > FIELDDATA), or 10 6-bit characters/word, but each of these are mapping > systems for characters. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ruben Safir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] more M read questions > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
