joel bender kwv3cornelledu mike meyer wrote yup probably futile people dont care portability precision use byte mean 8bit byte issue python maybe inset paragraph footnote bit documentation wiki page standards cant get away sloppy usage thats common practice wind providing definitions words may seem contradict repeat common usage using uncommon words precise meaning place common word usually always meaning guido succinctly wrote octet never technical term python silly standards body compromise think silly might overstatement think point clear enough context python bytes 8 bits arguments appropriateness definition silly joel _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 171756 0400 python3000 sizeofsize_t sizeoflong