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From: cottrell@NBS-VMS.ARPA (COTTRELL, JAMES)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Fast code and no case
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 16:27:05 EST
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/*
> Yes, but C requires both upper- and lower-case support for
> program text itself, which rules out implementation on real
> dinosaurs (hurray!).

Not really. Who says sizeof(char) must be a `byte' on a particular
machine? You could use `int's or `short's to hold chars. And what
is `case'? There are only `numbers' or `bits' inside a computer. They
don't turn into `characters' until you send them to a printing device. 

Of course all this is so stupid I don't even know why I posted it.

	jim		cottrell@nbs
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