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From: mark@dmcnh.UUCP (Mark Roddy)
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Subject: Re: Significant deficiency in C
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Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 09:18:42 EDT
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[ re char promotion very inefficient for target CPUs with 8 bit registers ]

Very true. Good C compilers for 8 bit processors come with non standard
options that allow you to turn off promotion. The increase in speed and decrease
in code size is dramatic.