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christoph.huesler(a)css.ch wrote:
Bryan wrote:
Hex takes two bytes per byte, while binary takes
one byte per byte. Is
there any reason not store binary values as binary data, even though
they may be used later in an other representation?
Well, I guess you're wrong here... one hex digit is four bits, thus half a
byte.
Hence, it requires two bytes of hex string to encode a single byte of
binary data.
Of course, when you think I am wrong please say so ;)
You're wrong. :)
- -- brion vibber (brion @
wikimedia.org)
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