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From: mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (Don't have strength to leave) Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: sizeof(char)
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Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 20:18:38 EST
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In article <126@olamb.UUCP> kimcm@olamb.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen) writes:
>Why not take the full step and let the datatype char be of variable size,
>like int's and other types. Then invent the datatype ``byte'' which is exactly
>8 bits long.

Ok, so what should those with C compilers on the QM/C (18 bit words,
word addressable) or the C/70 (20 bit words, two 10-bit address units
per word) do, hmmm? And yes, there are C compilers for those two
machines.

Not only is all the world not a VAX, it all isn't even addressable in
eight-bit units!

	<mike