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Re:So you think you know C? by pksadiq on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @07:37PM (#12905244)
> but char doesn't have to be 1 byte in size

It is, but not required to be an octect. Quoting from the standard (n1570, 3.6):

byte ==== addressable unit of data storage large enough to hold any member of the basic character set of the execution environment

Later in a comment (page 44 in pdf, note 49): A byte contains CHAR_BIT bits

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