in reply to Re^62: Interleaving bytes in a string quickly
in thread Interleaving bytes in a string quickly

Bits 1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1. How many examples do you want? Here are three for the first byte:

$byte = 0x80; $byte = "\x80"; @byte = (1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0);

(They respectively take 16, 36 and 128 bytes to store that one byte.)

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Re^64: Interleaving bytes in a string quickly
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2010 at 18:07 UTC

    128 bytes to store ... one byte Que?

Re^64: Interleaving bytes in a string quickly
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2010 at 18:02 UTC

    Calling a bull a cow, doesn't make it a cow.

    Nor make it's product any more palatable