From: Sean Proctor <sproctor AT ccs DOT neu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Bits
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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:51:17 GMT
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 09:21:08 -0400, Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
wrote:

>Sean Proctor wrote:
>> 
>> well, as I personally know no one that uses a system where a byte is
>> not 8 bits, I think it's a pretty safe bet. ;)
>> 
>> Sean
>
>Sean:
>
>Nice to meet you.
>
>Texas Instruments TMS320C4x/C3x family of processors use a 32-bit byte.
>
>
>Charles
and as I don't know you personally, I think I'm still pretty safe. =)
I'm also pretty sure the person who posted the original message wasn't
looking to use it on a machine that wasn't 8-bits... and if he was...
then he could simple use a different structure for getting him a data
type whose size he knows.

Sean