Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.2602:f977:0:1::5!not-for-mail From: Rich Alderson Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: 28 Feb 2025 21:36:49 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 14 Sender: alderson+news@panix5.panix.com Message-ID: References: <1smdnSjX3YoxgWf7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <1396870532.749421730.052473.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <1976765442.762208809.808387.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <20250225130315.00004e34@gmail.com> <1924764604.762215659.468999.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="2602:f977:0:1::5"; logging-data="11408"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 22.3 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:230222 comp.os.linux.misc:65892 c186282 writes: > 8 bits kinda emerged with microprocessors. Likely reflected what was > practical to do on the chip real-estate plus industry competition. 8008 and > then everything was 8 bits. The popularity of the Z80 kinda cemented it. 8 bits as *the* definition of "byte" came along in 1964 with the announcement of the IBM System/360, 10 years before the first microprocessor saw the light... -- Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur, omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus. --Galen