Re: A86: Re: Unused data in MS byte of argument

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Subject: Re: A86: Re: Unused data in MS byte of argument
From: ZeromusMog@aol.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 01:33:00 EST
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In a message dated 1/5/99 3:39:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, Jkhum98@aol.com
writes:

> Hmm, actually, each comma is what lets the compiler know its the next byte 
> and
>  I dont really see what youre talking about.

1 byte is only 8 bits, and 8 bits only has 256 possible combinations, which
means that it can only go to 255 (zero counts). Any number larger than 255
cannot be stored in a byte. (For you nitpickers, this is assuming you're
counting by ones. :) Therefore, numbers between 265 and 65535 take up at least
two bytes.

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