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by wildfire 3494 days ago
Something that is isn't really discussed is that the need for base64 arose so that binary data could transit 7-bit email systems.

Base122 does not have that property - as far as I could tell.

Whilst we are all, basically, living in an 8-bit world; I suspect it will be sometime before people feel comfortable assuming that an 8-bit transport is viable over email.

[edit: spelling ]