At 16 Jun 2004 23:14:41 -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
>
> bear <xxxxxx@sonic.net> writes:
>
> > 	read-byte
> >       write-byte
> >       peek-byte
> >       byte-ready?
>
> This is fine, but don't call them bytes.  Call them "octets" if that's
> what you mean; since "byte" has a different meaning (however remote
> these days) it would be well advised to use a word that means
> specifically what you want, rather than one that only mostly does.

The rationale for using byte was largely backwards compatibility.
Common-Lisp, Gauche, and PLT (as of version 300) all use the above
names.

PocketScheme, however, uses read-octet.

--
Alex