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Re:A critique of "How to C in 2016" by JoachimSchipper on Friday January 15, 2016 @05:48AM (#10908433)
char is apparently still not always 8-bit on current DSP chips, where everything is 32-bit. Historically, PDP-8's used 12-bit bytes and Crays also used 32-bit bytes.

(EDIT: fixed PDP-11 -> PDP-8, thanks kabdib!)

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Re:A critique of "How to C in 2016" by kabdib on Friday January 15, 2016 @05:52AM (#10908453)
PDP-11s always used 8-bit bytes, you're probably thinking of the PDP-8.

I don't remember what the popular sizes for the PDP-10 were. A 36-bit machine, none of the choices were really great. (I know that CLU on the PDP-10 used 36 bits).

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