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[โ€“] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

ASCII was originally a 7-bit standard. If you type in ASCII on an 8-bit system, every leading bit is always 0.

(Edited to specify context)

At least ASCII is forward compatible with UTF-8

[โ€“] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Is ascii base-7 fandom's strongest argument...