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Subject: Re: technology discussion =?UTF-8?B?4oaS?= does the world need a
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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.