On Thu Apr 9 2009 09:47:44 Matthew Walker wrote: > On Thu, April 9, 2009 9:44 am, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > > On Thu Apr 9 2009 09:28:24 Charles Curley wrote: > >> 8 bits = one byte > > > > On most machines ;) > > Now you've piqued my interest. I'm going to go dig around, and try to > figure out where that statement isn't true. Thanks for ruining my > productivity for a couple hours. :)
http://www.new-brunswick.net/workshop/c++/faq/intrinsic-types.html PDP-10 had 36-bit bytes. They mention a machine w/64-bit bytes. I'm sure there are other cases. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
