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What does "8-bit clean" mean? I've seen that phrase before in regards to Nvi as well.
by RexRollman 15y ago
What does "8-bit clean" mean? I've seen that phrase before in regards to Nvi as well.
- fishtoaster 15y agoLooks like it means it handles 8-bit character sets properly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit_clean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit_clean
- Hemospectrum 15y agoIf you assume you'll never need the 8th bit of any given character (which you wouldn't, if you only ever handle pure 7-bit ASCII) you can safely use it for storing a single bit of per-character metadata to avoid consuming excess memory.
- dextorious 15y agoactually its wxactly the opposite