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char is apparently still not always 8-bit on current DSP chips, where everything is 32-bit. Historically, PDP-8's used 12-bit bytes and Crays also used 32-bit b
by JoachimSchipper 11y ago
char is apparently still not always 8-bit on current DSP chips, where everything is 32-bit. Historically, PDP-8's used 12-bit bytes and Crays also used 32-bit bytes.
(EDIT: fixed PDP-11 -> PDP-8, thanks kabdib!)
- kabdib 11y agoPDP-11s always used 8-bit bytes, you're probably thinking of the PDP-8. I don't remember what the popular sizes for the PDP-10 were. A 36-bit machine, none of the choices were really great. (I know that CLU on the PDP-10 used 36 bits).