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From: tohoyn@janus.otol.fi (Tommi H|yn{l{nmaa)
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Subject: Bytes and Characters
Date: 14 Oct 1994 21:51:48 GMT
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Currently, the type 'char' is used for bytes in C++.
I think that there should be a separate type for characters and 
bytes (numerical values).