C++ proposal: There are 8 bits in a byte

Re:C++ proposal: There are 8 bits in a byte by sirsinsalot on Friday October 18, 2024 @01:00AM (#41876484)

This comment I feel sure would repulse Shannon in the deepest way. A (digital, stored) bit, abstractly seeks to encode and make useful through computation the properties of information theory.

Your comment must be sarcasm or satire, surely.

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Re:C++ proposal: There are 8 bits in a byte by fourier54 on Friday October 18, 2024 @11:51AM (#41880541)

I do not know or care what would Mr. Shannon think. What I do know is that the base you chose for the logarithm on the entropy equation has nothing to do with the amount of bits you assign to a word on a digital architecture :)

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