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C's Flexible Integer Sizes Were Not a Design Mistake

113 points · 166 comments · ibobev

fragmede · 1790549918 · focus · HN ↗
Shit, bytes being 8 bits wasn't even a given back then. The IBM 1401 shipped with effectively 7-bit. The DEC PDP-10 basicaally operated on 7-bit bytes

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