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Re: Endian swapping with C code on ARM
Falk Hueffner <hueffner@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com> writes:
>
>> On Jul 14, 2004, at 5:27 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>
>>> Falk Hueffner <hueffner@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> In the documentation I explicitely point out that "byte" always means
>>>> exactly 8 bit in this context.
>>>
>>> Maybe the term should be changed to "octet" to make it clearer.
>>
>> byte is perfectly clear. It always means 8 bits.
>
> For normal people, yes, but not for the C standard committee.
And not for the Internet. It's actually a networking jargon.
Andreas.
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