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C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte
(www.open-std.org)
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Twirrim
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17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC
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cyberax
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17 Oct 24 23:27 UTC
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But think of ternary computers!
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dathinab
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17 Oct 24 23:28 UTC
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Doesn't matter ternary computers just have ternary bits, 8 of them ;)
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AStonesThrow
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17 Oct 24 23:32 UTC
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Supposedly, "bit" is short for "binary digit", so we'd need a separate term for "ternary digit", but I don't wanna go there.
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epcoa
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18 Oct 24 00:22 UTC
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The prefix is tri-, not ti- so I don’t think there was any concern of going anywhere.
It’s tricycle and tripod, not ticycle.
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