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Not true. GSM texts are encoded in a 7-bit scheme, and twitter started using 8 bit encodings. 7 * 160 = 8 * 140.
by mkehrt 13y ago
Not true. GSM texts are encoded in a 7-bit scheme, and twitter started using 8 bit encodings. 7 * 160 = 8 * 140.
- jrabone 13y agoIndeed; and the bit-packing code to convert 8 7-bit characters to 7 octets is a PITA (I wrote a Java SMS server)