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From: milgr%brandeis.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET (Marc Milgram)
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Subject: Re: Size of \"Byte\"
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Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 08:04:54 EDT
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If anyone took a look in K&R, the size of byte (and all other data types)
is system dependent.  K&R gave a list of these sizes as implemented on
four machines.  On one of them a byte is 9 bits.  Perhaps there s which
would return the number of bits in its argument.

		-Marc Milgram
		-milgr@brandeis.csnet
		-milgr%brandeis@csnet-relay

be a built in constant "bits_in_byte", or an equivalent of sizeof for