XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/16/2025 12:19 AM, Louis Krupp wrote:   
   > On 4/15/2025 5:28 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >> On 4/15/2025 6:14 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:50:32 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Got rid of a few nasty bugs like:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>         iword = 6Habcdef   
   >>>   
   >>> Surely whether that’s a bug or not would depend on the type of   
   >>> “iword” ...   
   >>   
   >> iword is a implicit 4 byte integer capable of storing 4 characters.   
   >>   
   > Out of curiosity, what system was this originally written for?   
   >   
   > Louis   
      
   Univac 1108.  6 bit bytes (no lowercase) and 6 bytes per word made 36   
   bit words.  Our first port to the IBM 370 in 1975 ??? was hell since it   
   was a four byte mainframe.   
      
   The CDC 7600 was awesome, 6 bit bytes and 10 bytes per word made 60 bit   
   words.  Single precision was almost as good as double precision on any   
   other mainframe.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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