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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
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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 <ldo@nz.invalid> 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.