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I remember using that machine and wondering why my program used 4x the memory I expected. The hardware manual used the term "byte" in the old-fashioned way, to
by adonovan 5y ago
I remember using that machine and wondering why my program used 4x the memory I expected. The hardware manual used the term "byte" in the old-fashioned way, to mean "minimum addressable unit": 32 bits. Today "byte" only ever means "octet".