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From: hermit@shockeye.UUCP (Mark Buda)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Long Chars
Message-ID: <185@shockeye.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 88 21:34:02 GMT
References: <7447@brl-smoke.ARPA> <439@splut.UUCP>
Reply-To: hermit@shockeye.UUCP (Mark Buda)
Organization: Competitive Computer Systems, Lancaster PA
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In article <439@splut.UUCP> jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard) writes:
>"A _byte_ is undefined in the language except in terms of the value of
>sizeof. However, IN ALL EXISTING IMPLEMENTATIONS a byte is the space
>required to hold a char." (Emphasis added.)

Therefore, if your compiler says that sizeof(char) != 1, it clearly does
not exist.

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