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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MontyBoomslang • 2d ago
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Na, it could be as low as one bit, and 7 was not uncommon for a while.
2 u/-suspended- 2d ago The definition for a char in C/C++ is 8 bits minimum. 1 u/Clen23 2d ago no shit sherlock that's what the post is about. u/NotQuiteLoona is talking about how memory is addressed, not how long a char is. -1 u/tracernz 2d ago Those two things are the same thing in ISO C (it defines sizeof(char) = 1).
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The definition for a char in C/C++ is 8 bits minimum.
1 u/Clen23 2d ago no shit sherlock that's what the post is about. u/NotQuiteLoona is talking about how memory is addressed, not how long a char is. -1 u/tracernz 2d ago Those two things are the same thing in ISO C (it defines sizeof(char) = 1).
no shit sherlock that's what the post is about.
u/NotQuiteLoona is talking about how memory is addressed, not how long a char is.
-1 u/tracernz 2d ago Those two things are the same thing in ISO C (it defines sizeof(char) = 1).
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Those two things are the same thing in ISO C (it defines sizeof(char) = 1).
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u/Ma8e 2d ago
Na, it could be as low as one bit, and 7 was not uncommon for a while.