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by ysangkok 5387 days ago
There are only 128 ASCII characters.
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Killah911 5387 days ago
You're right, I should have said Extended ASCII
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MichaelGG 5387 days ago
Extended ASCII isn't a proper term either. ASCII is 7-bits, that's all. There's no 8-bit extension to ASCII. Extended ASCII is really more like "some 8-bit encoding that shares the first 127 values with ASCII" -- and there are plenty of such encodings.
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mechanical_fish 5387 days ago
On Easter we hunt for eggs.

On Halloween we dress in costumes.

On Festivus we air grievances and perform feats of strength.

On Programmer's Day? We argue about the naming of things!

(Though we have to figure out how to turn it into a drinking game.)

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