Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:8777 comp.arch:4188 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att-cb!att-ih!pacbell!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!bbn!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!cadre!pitt!darth!formtek!ditka!csanta!greg From: greg@csanta.UUCP (Greg Comeau) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.arch Subject: Re: Bit Addressable Architectures Message-ID: <113@csanta.UUCP> Date: 1 Apr 88 04:06:33 GMT References: <11702@brl-adm.ARPA> <243@eagle_snax.UUCP> <2245@geac.UUCP> <1988Mar6.002518.945@utzoo.uucp> <2760@mmintl.UUCP> <17458@watmath.waterloo.edu> <504@sol.warwick.ac.uk> Reply-To: greg@csanta.UUCP (Root) Organization: Comeau Computing, Richmond Hill, NY Lines: 4 Hmm, I'm new on the net here, so excuse me for jumping into the middle of a discussion, but sizeof(char) is always 1. The number of bits in a char is a whole 'nuther story. This is usually 8, but need not be. This is true of both dpANSI C and K&R C.