From: pkk@spth.de   
      
   Am 30.11.25 um 02:22 schrieb Waldek Hebisch:   
   > Philipp Klaus Krause  wrote:   
   >> Am 29.11.25 um 23:41 schrieb Waldek Hebisch:   
   >>>   
   >>> But do SDCC support any non-8 bit processor?  I hope that gcc 8-bit   
   >>> targets will also use minimal number of bytes.   
   >>   
   >> I don't really know. I know most of the architectures targeted by SDCC,   
   >> but what is a "non-8 bit processor"?   
   >   
   > Processor which is not 8 bit processor.   
   >   
      
   That doesn't make it much clearer. All SDCC targets have (by their   
   standards) reasonablish ability to address 8-bit bytes, at least in RAM   
   and have instructions to operate on 8-bit data (but so do x86 and amd64,   
   which are not widely considered to be 8-bit).   
      
   For all targets, memory tends to be somewhat small on typical systems,   
   so it makes sense to not have padding bytes. But there are cases where   
   padding bytes could give a little bit of extra speed (due to alignment)   
   in some situations, but IMO none, where having them would be worth it.   
      
   Philipp   
      
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