Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: portability; bit* Message-ID: <4867@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 20:09:14 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4867 Posted: Sat Jan 5 20:09:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 20:09:14 EST References: <2667@dartvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 13 > C and C programmers assume that the machine is easily character > addressed, but the language takes no notice of bit addressing. > > I therefore propose that the bit type be added to C, with atten- > dant bit*, bit[] bit(), etc. Most machines are not too hard to address by the character. In particular, most any machine which is not saddled with 20 years of backward compatibility addresses to the byte. Efficient bit addressing is rather less common, and not nearly as useful. Doesn't seem worth a language change at this late date. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry