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Re:Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C befor... by jnwatson on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:31PM (#35443125)
What does C have to do with power of 2-bit registers? CHAR_BIT isn’t restricted and could be 7.
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Re:Ask HN: If Unix is written in C, how did they run C befor... by krylon on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:56PM (#35443532)
Doesn't the standard state CHAR_BIT has to be >=8? If could still be, say, 11 of course.
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