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From: msb@sq.uucp (Mark Brader)
Date: Thu, 4-Aug-88 12:57:54 EDT
Message-ID: <1988Aug4.125754.27076@sq.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Absolute size of 'short'
References: <214@ISIDAPS5.UUCP> <11703@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto

> Shorts are at least two bytes, but may be longer, and bytes are at
> least eight bits but may be more ...

No, shorts are at least 16 bits, and bytes are at least 8 bits; that's all.
(As per the draft standard; there has existed at least one implementation
that did not obey this.)

Mark Brader, utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com		C unions never strike!