It's true, I didn't pay attention to that. So the next encoding possible would of base-128 (7-bits encoding), althought I don't know if were possible since that there would than use non-printable characters and could change the text (by use of chars. as Backspace or Delete).
On 2 ago, 03:21, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 96 is approximately 2^6.585 > > For some reason, integral powers of two seem so much more, well, > POWERFUL, if you know what I mean. Frankly I think you are being either > optimistic or charitable in suggesting that such a use case might exist. > > There's a reason that DEC called their equivalent of base64 "6-bit > encoding". > > But then I wanted to keep integer division as it was, so I am clearly a > techno-luddite. If the world wants fractional bits I'm sure it's only a > matter of time before some genius decides to design a 67.9-bit computer. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
