From:	Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: File reading
Date:	Mon, 02 Feb 1998 09:19:10 -0500
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Shawn Hargreaves wrote:

> What gave you this idea? Using djgpp, as with most 32 bit compilers, a
> char is 8 bits, a short is 16 bits, and an int or long is 32 bits.
> Although it is perfectly legal according to the ANSI standard, compilers
> with anything other than an 8 bit character type are very unusual...
>

The compiler's for TI's DSP's in the TMS320Cxx series assume that a char is
32-bits, which is the smallest addressable memory unit.

It IS unusual, though.

--
Charles Krug, Jr.

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