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From: Ben Bacarisse
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: technology discussion =?utf-8?Q?=E2=86=92?= does the world need
a "new" C ?
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 23:24:17 +0100
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes:
> On Fri, 05 Jul 2024 19:00:58 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
>
>> C assumes byte addressibility, but it doesn't assume that bytes are 8
>> bits.
>>
>> The PDP-10 had 36-bit words and could operate on bit fields of any size
>> from 1 to 36 bits.
>
> But it couldn’t address them.
And C does not assume that the hardware can address bytes. On word
addressed machines, some pointer conversions generate code.
--
Ben.