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: David Thomas <david_hd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 00:16:26 -0800 (PST)
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> 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.

Any numbers between 265 and 65535 will take up EXACTLY two bytes...
(We nitpickers will prevail!!!)

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