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[Ron Beaufort]

here’s another slight difference ...

this means that it’s usually easier to use the Binary (B-type) bits for things like “status holders” and “one-shots” and things like that ...



basic idea: if the last bit that we used was bit number 123, then bit number 124 is a likely candidate for the next bit that we need ...



of course either type bit will do the job ... but many (most?) programmers prefer to use the B-type bits for all of their “I-just-need-another-bit” uses ...

 

[Ron Beaufort]

oops! ...

sorry about that ...

 

[keithb]

Here's another difference:

Binary (B) data type is unsigned 16 bit integer 0-65535
Integer (N) data type is signed integer -32768 to +32767 (15 bits plus sign)

You can use either for integer or bit level data as long as you are aware of unsigned/signed difference.