Is it time for D 3.0?

[norm]

On Sunday, 29 March 2020 at 00:58:12 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Saturday, 28 March 2020 at 21:38:00 UTC, Denis Feklushkin 
> wrote:
> [...]
>> Just make survey around your friends/collegues about: what is 
>> a byte? Then compare with wikipedia/dictionary/RFC/etc 
>> definition. You will be very surprised.
> [...]
>
> The Wikipedia article clearly states that definitions of "byte" 
> other than 8 bits are *historical*, and that practically all 
> modern hardware has standardized on the 8-bit byte.  I don't 
> understand why this is even in dispute in the first place.  
> Frankly, it smells like just a red herring.

smells like a troll to me, best not to feed it