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From: friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Stephen Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: sizeof() confusion
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Date: 9 Nov 90 15:48:54 GMT
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In article <2665@cirrusl.UUCP>, dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> While we're on the subject of sizeof surprises, here is one that did
> genuinely throw me off:
> 
>		/* other stuff deleted */
>
>         printf("sizeof (char)  = %d\n", sizeof (char));

Hey, if you're using LPI C on the UNIX PC, it prints zero!

     Stephen

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LPI C is for people who don't actually intend to write software