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> ASCII was a multi-byte encoding for Latin The comment you're replying to just said ASCII without qualification. By definition this is not multibyte, or even
by quietbritishjim 5y ago
> ASCII was a multi-byte encoding for Latin
The comment you're replying to just said ASCII without qualification. By definition this is not multibyte, or even whole byte (assuming by byte you mean octet). ASCII is a 7 bit standard, anything else is some other encoding.
- cryptonector 5y agoSlow down and enjoy some humor once in a while my friend. I'm quite certain that ASCII was designed to make overstrike feasible. Overstrike just wasn't explicitly part of the standard. The quip about it being a "multi-byte encoding for Latin" was a joke made funnier (to me, and perhaps only to me) by having a kernel of truth in it.