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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: byte != 8 bits
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Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 15:45:27 EDT
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> o    Increasingly, computations will be done using English, even in
>      countries where English is not a major language

The French and the Japanese, to name two, will dispute this.  And let us
not forget that "computations" nowadays are often done by people like
secretaries and accountants, who do not appreciate having to learn a foreign
language to do them.
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