From: XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia)
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Subject: Re: Portability and size_t type related question
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:12:26 GMT
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El día Wed, 12 May 1999 17:07:25 +0300 (IDT), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> escribió:

>> Like 'char' is always 1 byte.
>
>That's not true, either.  There are compilers (mostly for embedded 
>systems) where `char' is 32-bit wide.

Then a byte is defined as 32 bits on those systems. You see, a byte is
not always 8 bits. It may be 4-bit wide, or 7-bit, or whatever. The
exact definition of byte, for every system, is the minimum addressable
memory unit.

Regards,
GUILLE
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Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (ya sabes :-)