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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 2d ago
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18 u/yjlom 2d ago char would be the correct answer, as the C standard doesn't mandate a byte be 8 bits (6 and 32 are very uncommon nowadays but not unheard of, and there's a few machines out there that get really creative). 7 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago So even on weird platforms where char is a 32 bit type, sizeof (char) is 1, right? I can't remember. 8 u/yjlom 2d ago yeppers
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char would be the correct answer, as the C standard doesn't mandate a byte be 8 bits (6 and 32 are very uncommon nowadays but not unheard of, and there's a few machines out there that get really creative).
7 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago So even on weird platforms where char is a 32 bit type, sizeof (char) is 1, right? I can't remember. 8 u/yjlom 2d ago yeppers
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So even on weird platforms where char is a 32 bit type, sizeof (char) is 1, right? I can't remember.
8 u/yjlom 2d ago yeppers
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