Nicholas Leippe wrote: > http://www.new-brunswick.net/workshop/c++/faq/intrinsic-types.html > > PDP-10 had 36-bit bytes.
Are you sure you don't mean to say the PDP-10 had 36-bit _words_? I think the reference to a 36-bit "byte" is an implementation detail of the C++ compiler on the PDP-10, not a definition of the hardware itself. Of course since the PDP-10 could not address any chunk within that 36-bit word, the distinction is probably a bit pedantic. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
