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Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers

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Paul Rubin wrote:

> anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:
>> No, you can have Unicode with 8-bit chars in the form of UTF-8
> 
> I'm used to the term "character" in unicode parlance as meaning a code
> point.  UTF-8 is a way to encode a character as one or more bytes.

In Forth2012 speek, that's an extended character (i.e. a multi-byte 
character).

>> But most systems use 8-bit chars.
> 
> In a world that recognizes unicode, it's probably best to refer to that
> 8-bit unit as a byte or an octet.

It mostly is.

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Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2015-01-18 11:58 +0000
  Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Matthias Trute <matthias.trute@gmail.com> - 2015-01-18 04:55 -0800
    Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Mikael Nordman <oh2aun@gmail.com> - 2015-01-18 10:20 -0800
    Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-01-20 10:45 -0800
      Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-01-20 12:34 -1000
        Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-01-20 16:40 -0800
  Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-01-18 22:27 +0100
    Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-01-18 13:45 -1000
      Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-19 18:22 +0000
    Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2015-01-19 12:06 +0100
      Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-19 18:47 +0000
        Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-01-19 11:22 -1000
          Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-20 11:54 +0000
        Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2015-01-20 09:49 +0100
      Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-01-19 20:27 +0100
      Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-20 11:04 -0800
        Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-01-20 11:33 -0800
        Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-01-20 23:30 +0100
          Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-20 14:41 -0800
            Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-01-21 00:40 +0100
              Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-20 15:53 -0800
                Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-01-21 01:41 +0100
                Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-01-20 15:38 -1000
                Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-22 11:08 -0800
                Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-23 16:10 +0000
            Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-01-20 15:25 -1000
          Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-21 10:40 +0000
  Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2015-01-19 12:00 +0100
  Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Mikael Nordman <oh2aun@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 00:04 -0800
    Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2015-01-21 11:53 +0100
    Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 03:02 -0800
    Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-01-21 03:07 -0800
      Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-01-22 15:50 +0100
        Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-01-22 16:39 +0000
        Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-22 11:13 -0800
          Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-01-23 11:19 +0000
            Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-23 16:12 +0000
          Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-01-23 16:42 +0000
            Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-24 01:53 -0800
              Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-01-24 15:33 +0100
              Re: Expected BASE-LINE for Embedded Controllers anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-01-25 15:48 +0000

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