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trpl: Invalid byte size terminology #28461
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Given the news in https://users.rust-lang.org/t/the-rust-programming-language-is-going-to-be-published-by-no-starch-press/2777 , I'm going to wait to ask my editor what they think before pursing this one way or another. If we do, then #28441 should be re-opened and applied. |
OP is right. There’s a non-trivial difference between |
OP is right in a technical sense, but almost everyone uses the more colloquial version, and I'm concerned about obscuring understanding. |
Before the standardization, the term gigabyte was ambiguous. It's no longer the case. By not using the proper term you're willingly allowing the ambiguity to persist. You can always add a footnote explaining why it's important to use the right term. |
The following terms are used in
the-stack-and-the-heap.md
: gigabyte, GB.But a gigabyte is 10^9 bytes, not 2^30.
The correct terms are: gibibyte, GiB.
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