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From: Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net>
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Subject: Re: hexump.c
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jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> writes:


>> What about if you are working with a machine where the character width
>> is not a multiple of 4 bits?
>
> Ahh the famous Deathstation 9000 you mean?
>
> Let's be realistic, maybe those systems existed in the past but now...

There are still systems with 36-bit words.  In order to make a C
compiler for those systems, 9-bit chars are used.  While such a compiler
can meet standard C, way too much C code can't be ported because of the
widespread assumption that all the world has 8-bit chars.

-- Patrick