[r6rs-discuss] use of "bytes"

From: Michael Sperber <sperber>
Date: Wed Nov 22 04:41:51 2006

"Jeff Read" <bitwize_at_gmail.com> writes:

> All the more reason why "binary" is a much better name for those
> things. Of course once ternary-logic computers become commonplace
> we'll have to address that naming issue too... :)

One reason why "bytes" may be preferable is that they state (not quite
historically precisely, but close enough) what the unit of addressing
these things is.

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