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0 pointsmr_mitm4y ago0 comments

I don't understand why they didn't use lower case letters instead of special characters. Does anyone here know?

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You can't put lowercase letters in the alphanumeric mode (5.5 bits per character) and need to switch to less efficient byte mode (8 bits per character).

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lifthrasiir4y ago

You can't put lowercase letters in the alphanumeric mode (5.5 bits per character) and need to switch to less efficient byte mode (8 bits per character).

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