From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:04:59 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-12-24 01:17, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> ...Bytes have to be 8-bit.   
   >   
   > Incorrect - the only requirement is that CHAR_BIT >= 8. There are   
   > real systems where CHAR_BIT == 16. There have been real machines   
   > where CHAR_BIT==9 would have been the most reasonable option.   
      
   Those are sizes of “characters”, not “bytes” though, are they.   
      
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